inaptness
- a word derived from inapt.
Example Sentences
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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 Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
There is sometimes inaptness or remoteness in his resemblances.
From Poets of the South by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)
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.)
A moment's relaxation, or inaptness, may forfeit opportunity, offered only by chance and not to be regained by effort.
From Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
She started to leave, furious with herself for her inaptness, and instead of going she paused and turned back.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.
