inaptness
Example Sentences
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Then his seriousness and simplicity, like that of Biblical and Oriental writers,—a kind of childish inaptness and homeliness,—often exposes him to our keen, almost abnormal sense of the ridiculous.
From Whitman A Study by John Burroughs
"Oh, I'm sorry," murmured the girl, striving so hard to speak with impersonal unconcern that she did not notice the inaptness of her reply.
From Miss Billy — Married by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
The last-mentioned character is a farmer, but, like the others, he is a species of incapable; and the word dandin in the old French dictionaries is given as signifying inaptness or incapacity.
From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Elizur Wright
She stopped, the needle poised above Lee's arm, realizing the inaptness of her remark.
From Am I Still There? by James R. Hall
She started to leave, furious with herself for her inaptness, and instead of going she paused and turned back.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by J. N. Marchand
