inaptness
Example Sentences
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She stopped, the needle poised above Lee's arm, realizing the inaptness of her remark.
From Am I Still There? by James R. Hall
A moment's relaxation, or inaptness, may forfeit opportunity, offered only by chance and not to be regained by effort.
From Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Yet the hardship lieth not in the inaptness of the teacher, but in the inability of the taught.”
From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
Sometimes, as her voice rose clear and sweet to my open windows, I answered remarks addressed to me with an inaptness that only Mrs. Yocomb understood.
From A Day of Fate by Edward Payson Roe
"He has never expressed any anxiety," Grace began, with her inaptness at evasion.
From Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells
