inaptitude

Example Sentences

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I visit Marconi less often now, but more from inaptitude than fear.

From New York Times • May 24, 2022

Whether from personal cowardice, from inaptitude for command, or from political calculation, Orleans failed in his duty, and his failure determined the action.

From Poitiers by Belloc, Hilaire

So I floundered and fumbled and failed, through long years for the mere want of the small dose of cynical courage required for recognising frankly my congenital inaptitude.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

Thus his inaptitude in current speech was construed by them into a delicate flattery.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various

You are a French officer, sir," said he, "and I rely upon your honor that, whether from the ignorance or inaptitude of that gentleman, no blame may attach itself to me in this business.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James