Lacking natural ability or skill in a particular area, especially in arts like music or sports.
From 'talent' (from Latin 'talentum,' originally a unit of weight and money) plus the suffix '-less' meaning 'without.' This combination became common in English by the 1600s.
Some of history's greatest figures were told they were talentless—Elvis was told he couldn't sing, J.K. Rowling was rejected by dozens of publishers, and Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, showing that early judgment is often wrong.
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