Ungenius
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who is not a genius. countable
"For a heady moment I wanted to fling the notebook down and say to them: you write about geniuses and ungeniuses if you like, but don't teach me how to do it, I won't be able to do it anyway. I'd be better acting instead of you."
- 2 Lack of genius. uncountable
"Serenus Zeitblom, serene flower of the age, good-hearted, long-winded, the ungenius par excellence whose ungenius is his license to speak."
Example
More examples"For a heady moment I wanted to fling the notebook down and say to them: you write about geniuses and ungeniuses if you like, but don't teach me how to do it, I won't be able to do it anyway. I'd be better acting instead of you."
Etymology
From un- + genius.
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