unapt

Example Sentences

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He seemed quite excited, and made some passing observation relative to the Roman Circus, to which the present exhibition bore no unapt resemblance.

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

"No, sir," said Norton, growing desperate and colouring, which he was very unapt to do.

From Opportunities by Warner, Susan

Whatever Ellis thought of himself, there were several other boys just as awkward, or at all events as unapt to learn military manners.

From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by Thomas, William I.

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

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