unapt
Americanadjective
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not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable.
an unapt answer.
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not prone, likely, or disposed.
She is unapt to waste what she has accumulated with such effort.
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deficient in aptitude or capacity; slow; dull.
an unapt student.
adjective
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not suitable or qualified; unfitted
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mentally slow
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(postpositive; may take an infinitive) not disposed or likely (to)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unapt
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at un- 1, apt
Example Sentences
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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
It is not, then, because sacred subjects are peculiarly unapt for poetry, that so few sacred poets are popular.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
He is quiet, and unapt to be struck with wonder at any of the actions of men.
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) Stevenson
For you are just, and are not angry lightly; And he is mild, unapt to give offence, As you to be offended.
From The Fatal Falsehood by Hannah More
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