unapt

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And partly, because I am not unapt to think, that they may come abroad seasonably enough, though not for the Authors reputation, yet for other purposes.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Boyle, Robert

He is quiet, and unapt to be struck with wonder at any of the actions of men.

From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)

"No, sir," said Norton, growing desperate and colouring, which he was very unapt to do.

From Opportunities by Warner, Susan

Cautiously he makes the attempt, but, finding his fingers unapt at the task, solves his difficulty by aid of Nothung.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Indeed, the phrase before us supplies no unapt illustration of the precariousness of the style of remark which is just now engaging our attention.

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William