unapt

American  

[uhn-apt] / ʌnˈæpt /

adjective

1. not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable.

   an unapt answer.

2. not prone, likely, or disposed.

   She is unapt to waste what she has accumulated with such effort.

3. deficient in aptitude or capacity; slow; dull.

   an unapt student.

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unapt British  

/ ʌnˈæpt /

adjective

1. not suitable or qualified; unfitted

2. mentally slow

3. (postpositive; may take an infinitive) not disposed or likely (to)

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Other Word Forms

• unaptness
  noun
• unaptly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of unapt

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at un- ¹, apt

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Example Sentences

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unapt

Cautiously he makes the attempt, but, finding his fingers unapt at the task, solves his difficulty by aid of Nothung.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell

Wisdom, attended by virtue and a generous nature, is not unapt to be imposed on.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Temple Scott

Clement was getting towards an age when clever youngsters are not unapt to exercise their talents in depreciating home surroundings.

From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

This tree passes by the very unapt vernacular name Yellow Box-tree, though no portion of it is yellow, not even its wood, and though the latter resembles the real boxwood in no way whatever.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

Indeed, the phrase before us supplies no unapt illustration of the precariousness of the style of remark which is just now engaging our attention.

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

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