inaptitude
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Origin of inaptitude
Example Sentences
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I visit Marconi less often now, but more from inaptitude than fear.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
If his hand leave its proper course, whether of set purpose or through inaptitude, his work must suffer.
From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders
Thus his inaptitude in current speech was construed by them into a delicate flattery.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various
He assures us that his tutor did not complain of any inaptitude on the pupil’s part, and that the pupil was as happily unconscious of any on his own; but here he broke off.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
I am not, of course, dealing with exceptional cases of natural inaptitude.
From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by Curwen, John Spencer
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