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inaptitude

[ in-ap-ti-tood, -tyood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1610–20; in- ³ + aptitude

Chopin's inaptitude in writing for the orchestra is, however, most conspicuous where he employs it conjointly with the pianoforte.

A certain innate scepticism, I think, explains it and a certain inaptitude for sympathetic assimilation.

The hired man has a monstrous inaptitude for doing an errand.

It was a period which displayed all the inaptitude of the Americans for sound financiering.

The other cause that tempts me out to these journeys is, inaptitude for the present manners in our state.

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