inapt
adjective
not apt or fitting.
inaptness
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a word derived from
inapt.
Example Sentences
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She stopped, the needle poised above Lee's arm, realizing the inaptness of her remark.
From Am I Still There? by James R. Hall
As we clambered on, two bushmen all in white, a dog or two, and a woman in a holland riding-dress, the Maluka pointed out the inaptness of the simile.
From We of the Never-Never by Jeannie Gunn
In this hope he was deceived by his own inaptness and his adversary's readiness.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
"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
Yet the hardship lieth not in the inaptness of the teacher, but in the inability of the taught.”
From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
