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

To some, from a natural inaptitude, and to others, from a perverse disinclination, it may never come.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

But an analogy more enlightening for showing the 41 inaptitude of the child for direct study of the laws of conduct is found in the case of speech.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman

Did Jones discern a similar inaptitude for bank service and hint things for the teller's benefit?

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.

Whether from personal cowardice, from inaptitude for command, or from political calculation, Orleans failed in his duty, and his failure determined the action.

From Poitiers by Belloc, Hilaire