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
He assures us that his tutor did not complain of any inaptitude on the pupil’s part, and that the pupil was as happily unconscious of any on his own; but here he broke off.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
All the characters in the book go mad, and the author's utter inaptitude for literature turns what might have been passable third-rate melodrama into a farce.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Joyce Kilmer
You are a French officer, sir," said he, "and I rely upon your honor that, whether from the ignorance or inaptitude of that gentleman, no blame may attach itself to me in this business.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
If his hand leave its proper course, whether of set purpose or through inaptitude, his work must suffer.
From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Robert Saunders Dowst
