unapt
Example Sentences
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Whatever Ellis thought of himself, there were several other boys just as awkward, or at all events as unapt to learn military manners.
From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by William I. Thomas
Clement was getting towards an age when clever youngsters are not unapt to exercise their talents in depreciating home surroundings.
From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
You are unapt my looser lines to hear.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
"Tender mercies of the law" might not be an unapt way to express the idea, as it is now almost certain that the bigger the rogue, the greater is the chance of escape.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
He was too often morose and unamiable—habitually despising those who were not his friends, and not unapt to dislike even his best friends, if they retorted his wit, or defended themselves successfully against his satire.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
