inaptness

Example Sentences

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The last-mentioned character is a farmer, but, like the others, he is a species of incapable; and the word dandin in the old French dictionaries is given as signifying inaptness or incapacity.

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

Yet the hardship lieth not in the inaptness of the teacher, but in the inability of the taught.”

From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

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

From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile

She started to leave, furious with herself for her inaptness, and instead of going she paused and turned back.

From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.

Especially unfortunate, and finally disastrous to the American arms, was the inaptness and inertness of the Secretary of War, General Armstrong, in failing to adopt, promptly and adequately, measures to meet the emergency.

From The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 by Smith, Z. F. (Zachariah Frederick)