inaptness

Example Sentences

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In this hope he was deceived by his own inaptness and his adversary's readiness.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

Realising this, he did not quite understand why he rather liked it in the case of Emily Fox-Seton, though he only liked it remotely and felt his own inaptness a shade absurd.

From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

You made my chance indisposition and occasional inaptness your minister—that is, the ground on which you now excuse yourself.

From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

She well knew that her calmness and courage were entirely due to the inaptness of Clameran.

From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile

She stopped, the needle poised above Lee's arm, realizing the inaptness of her remark.

From Am I Still There? by Hall, James R.