inapt
adjective
not apt or fitting.
inaptness
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a word derived from
inapt.
Example Sentences
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There is sometimes inaptness or remoteness in his resemblances.
From Poets of the South by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter
You made my chance indisposition and occasional inaptness your minister—that is, the ground on which you now excuse yourself.
From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Especially unfortunate, and finally disastrous to the American arms, was the inaptness and inertness of the Secretary of War, General Armstrong, in failing to adopt, promptly and adequately, measures to meet the emergency.
From The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 by Z. F. (Zachariah Frederick) Smith
"Oh, I'm sorry," murmured the girl, striving so hard to speak with impersonal unconcern that she did not notice the inaptness of her reply.
From Miss Billy — Married by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
My dear Dick, I am becoming accustomed to the extraordinary inaptness of your scriptural allusions.
From The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
