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
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.
I call this part of your pamphlet “strange,” because it displays such singular inaptitude to appreciate the force of Evidence.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
He has convicted himself of a natural infirmity of judgment,—has given proof that he labours under a peculiar Critical inaptitude for this department of enquiry,—which renders his decrees nugatory, and his opinions worthless.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
