ungenius

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ genius.

Noun

ungenius (countable and uncountable, plural ungeniuses)

1. (countable) A person who is not a genius.
   • 1987, Stefano Micossi, Julie A. E. Curtis, Bulgakov's Last Decade: The Writer as Hero, page 34:

     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.

   • 1995, Benjamin Taylor, Into the Open: Reflections on Genius and Modernity, page 90:

     Serenus Zeitblom, serene flower of the age, good-hearted, long-winded, the ungenius par excellence whose ungenius is his license to speak.

2. (uncountable) Lack of genius.
   • 1995, Benjamin Taylor, Into the Open: Reflections on Genius and Modernity, page 90:

     Serenus Zeitblom, serene flower of the age, good-hearted, long-winded, the ungenius par excellence whose ungenius is his license to speak.