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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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 Brownell, Gertrude Hall
He is essentially and inevitably unapt to be powerfully acted on by what is invisible and future.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
If too feeble, too proud or unapt to create these, one may make up his mind to dispense with any advantage that power on that side of life confers.
From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson
Some people are charitable enough to believe that English files are no unapt examples of English character.
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
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 Morris, Edward Ellis
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