unapt

[ uhn-apt ]

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.

unapt

/ ʌnˈæpt /

adjective

1. usually postpositiveoften foll byfor not suitable or qualified; unfitted
2. mentally slow
3. postpositive; may take an infinitive not disposed or likely (to)

Derived Forms

• unˈaptness, noun
• unˈaptly, adverb

Other Words From

• un·aptly adverb
• un·aptness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unapt¹

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

Example Sentences

Some leap to the strains with unapt foot, and make a halting figure in the universal dance.

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You see, the physician doesn't preach, as a rule, and I'm afraid the priest is equally unapt to practise.

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The monument indeed is not an unapt emblem of the purity and simplicity of the curate's character.

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Nor is his mind dull or unapt; he will rebut or ridicule an adversary with astonishing shrewdness.

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

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