unapt

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Polyphontes Not so; let these Messenian maidens mark The fear'd and blacken'd ruler of their race, Albeit with lips unapt to self-excuse, Blow off the spot of murder from his name.—

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

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.)

Clement was getting towards an age when clever youngsters are not unapt to exercise their talents in depreciating home surroundings.

From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

He is quiet, and unapt to be struck with wonder at any of the actions of men.

From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)

That is to say, a vitiation of taste, by indulged excesses; the wine and high feasting of their own theatre—which really made them unapt for understanding Shakspeare.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various