unapt
Example Sentences
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Nor is his mind dull or unapt; he will rebut or ridicule an adversary with astonishing shrewdness.
From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers
Some people are charitable enough to believe that English files are no unapt examples of English character.
From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White
For you are just, and are not angry lightly; And he is mild, unapt to give offence, As you to be offended.
From The Fatal Falsehood by Hannah More
“No unapt picture this, of the life of many of us, Hurry,” said my companion.
From Hurricane Hurry by William Henry Giles Kingston
Keats, on the other hand, had a mind constitutionally unapt for abstract thinking.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin