unapt
Example Sentences
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He is essentially and inevitably unapt to be powerfully acted on by what is invisible and future.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
See now whether it be true, that the said Board goes not to the Bottom, as being of Figure unapt to penetrate the Crassitude of the water.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
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 John William Burgon
"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
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 Gertrude Hall Brownell
