unapt

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“No unapt picture this, of the life of many of us, Hurry,” said my companion.

From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles

It contains a curious item, showing that even in the rigid times that produced the great Puritan upheaval, congregations were not unapt for irreverence.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

That is to say, a vitiation of taste, by indulged excesses; the wine and high feasting of their own theatre—which really made them unapt for understanding Shakspeare.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

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 Colvin, Sidney

He seemed quite excited, and made some passing observation relative to the Roman Circus, to which the present exhibition bore no unapt resemblance.

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various