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

They had completely excused him from service on the basis of inaptitude.

From The Weakling by Dongen, H. R. van

I have already told you so, and my own inaptitude for military duty has nothing to do or to say in the question.

From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles

I am not, of course, dealing with exceptional cases of natural inaptitude.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by Curwen, John Spencer

His father was a bookseller; held, too, some small magistracy; was eminently respectable; loved books as well as sold them, and had a corresponding inaptitude for business.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.