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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 Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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 Smith, Z. F. (Zachariah Frederick)

Realising this, he did not quite understand why he rather liked it in the case of Emily Fox-Seton, though he only liked it remotely and felt his own inaptness a shade absurd.

From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

"He has never expressed any anxiety," Grace began, with her inaptness at evasion.

From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean