ungiftedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡɪftᵻd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡɪftᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡɪftᵻd/ 1.
a. Having no spiritual or intellectual gifts.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective]
weak1423
simple-hearted?c1425
good1480
innocent1548
plain-headeda1586
simple1604
green1605
zany1616
soft1621
ungifted1637
softly1652
half-witted1712
simple-minded1749
simpletonic1780
simpletonian1800
sawney1805
simpletonish1819
simply disposed1848
putty-headed1857
cabbage-looking1898
goonish1921
wally1922
1637 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 276 Thou knouest thy servant,..hou ungifted, unfit, unready.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion x. 16 We ought not to believe such an ungifted Prophet as he is.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses i. 7 This..hot-headed, ungifted, unedifying Preacher.
1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. Introd. 33 The Eternal Word spoke..to those who were uninspired and ungifted.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xvi. 133 While he was still young and beautiful, and not ungifted.
b. Not gifted with something.
ΚΠ
1831 Palmerston in Francis Opinions & Policy (1852) 176 The conduct of a child ungifted with reason.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. ii. 41 The man ungifted with architectural tact.
2. Having received no gifts; giftless.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > having received no gifts
ungifted1651
1651 J. Donne, Jr. in J. Donne Lett. Ep. Ded. sig. A4v Pure Virtue; an ungifted Deity..without Oblation, Altar, or Temple.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xv. 258 He..will himself enforce Thy longer stay, That thou may'st not depart Ungifted.
1822 H. H. Milman Martyr of Antioch 19 The sad priests of all our Gods do sit Round their cold altars and ungifted shrines.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 235 This festival day None of the number around me shall go ungifted away.
Derivatives
unˈgiftedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun]
frailtyc1384
doting1440
barrenness1552
dottry1576
dotishness1598
feeble-mindedness1619
unfurniture1640
ungiftedness1647
flaccidity1778
weak-mindedness1854
flabbiness1883
touchedness1883
dottiness1885
barminess1896
dodderingness1915
moronism1922
1647 J. Mayne Serm. against False Prophets 35 The ungiftednes of the persons, who have drawn this reproofe upon us.
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adj.1637