unathletic
adjective
un·ath·let·ic
ˌən-ath-ˈle-tik 
nonstandard -ˌa-thə-ˈle-
: lacking the qualities (such as agility or muscular strength) characteristic of an athlete : not athletic
an unathletic physique
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Read More: Welcome to the Noah Lyles Olympics The small kid from Southlake, Texas, who was so unathletic that he got cut from a fifth-grade track team, has already scaled that 15-m climbing wall faster, during competition, than anyone in history.
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Sean Gregory, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
Fast forward a few years and Bounds, previously a sedentary and unathletic journalist in her mid 40s, has transformed herself into world-class age-group obstacle course racer.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 July 2024
Hopelessly unathletic and bad at sports, Sandy felt alienated by his family his entire life.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024
Researchers found that, over the course of an academic year, middle schoolers grew increasingly unpopular and more likely to misuse alcohol if they were considered unattractive and unathletic, and that such shortcomings are no longer seen as gender-specific.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Sean Gregory, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
Fast forward a few years and Bounds, previously a sedentary and unathletic journalist in her mid 40s, has transformed herself into world-class age-group obstacle course racer.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 July 2024
Hopelessly unathletic and bad at sports, Sandy felt alienated by his family his entire life.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024
Researchers found that, over the course of an academic year, middle schoolers grew increasingly unpopular and more likely to misuse alcohol if they were considered unattractive and unathletic, and that such shortcomings are no longer seen as gender-specific.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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“Unathletic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unathletic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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