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.)

"Tender mercies of the law" might not be an unapt way to express the idea, as it is now almost certain that the bigger the rogue, the greater is the chance of escape.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

She had never seen just such a colour in a man, and the Apollo simile was not so unapt.

From The Justice of the King by Drummond, Hamilton

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

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander

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