unapt

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But George in his own line was dull and unapt to learn; or the whole adventure of the Greenhow drawing-room paper would never have happened.

From The Carbonels by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

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

First it fared ill with me, for he was a choleric man, and I but an unapt peasant lad.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

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

From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore

A child's house, several stories high, constructed out of playing-cards,—is no unapt image of the frail erection before us.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William