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
The assertion that Mr. Tennyson was born with an inaptitude for musical verse, though I conceive it to be very wide of the mark, I can at least understand.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred
I see that he cannot conceal his joy at the inaptitude of my avowal.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
The more Alma proclaimed her enthusiasm for business, the more patent her utterly delightful inaptitude for it became.
From Nancy of Paradise Cottage by Watkins, Shirley
They had fallen, not under the pressure of any new or unforeseen event, but by the evils connected with their personal situation, and their inaptitude for the parts they had undertaken to play.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William
