unapt

Example Sentences

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A most merciful man, as ready to forgive, as unapt to take or give an offence. 

From A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers by Penn, William

This tree passes by the very unapt vernacular name Yellow Box-tree, though no portion of it is yellow, not even its wood, and though the latter resembles the real boxwood in no way whatever.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

The style of this little fragment of prose is not an unapt measure of the author's poetical style,—quaint, but not too quaint, more Anglo-Saxon than Latin, and decidedly laconic.

From Views and Reviews by James, Henry

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

From Opportunities by Warner, Susan

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