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
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
The assertion that Mr. Tennyson was born with an inaptitude for musical verse, though I conceive it to be very wide of the mark, I can at least understand.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred
He was generally esteemed on account of his learning, but his family suffered from his inaptitude for business, which was for us a question of life.
From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
If a critical ear might cavil at the incompleteness or inaptitude of his similes, to the warm imagination and excited fancy of the Irish peasant they had no such blemishes.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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