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

• unaptly adverb
• unaptness noun

Etymology

Origin of unapt

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

Example Sentences

If someone fleeing war or persecution lands first in the United States – deemed a “safe country,” a notion now dramatically unapt – they are barred from seeking refuge in Canada.

From The Guardian

The local newspaper the Sheffield Mercury called him a "disappointment", adding that he was "exceedingly loath to climb, and in what effort he did make, his admirers thought him indolent, unapt, and unwieldy".

From BBC

"The reservedness of the Prince's nature, and the little education he then had in Courts made him unapt to make acquaintance with any of the Lords, who were thereby discouraged from applying themselves to him," says Clarendon.

From Project Gutenberg

Unapt, un-apt′, adj. not suitable or qualified for: dull, inapt.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

It contains a curious item, showing that even in the rigid times that produced the great Puritan upheaval, congregations were not unapt for irreverence.

From Project Gutenberg