unapt

Example Sentences

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You see, the physician doesn't preach, as a rule, and I'm afraid the priest is equally unapt to practise.

From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore

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

If too feeble, too proud or unapt to create these, one may make up his mind to dispense with any advantage that power on that side of life confers.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson

A most merciful man, as ready to forgive, as unapt to take or give an offence. 

From A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers by Penn, William

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