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unapt
[ uhn-apt ]
adjective
- not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
an unapt answer.
- not prone, likely, or disposed:
She is unapt to waste what she has accumulated with such effort.
- deficient in aptitude or capacity; slow; dull:
an unapt student.
unapt
/ ʌnˈæpt /
adjective
- usually postpositiveoften foll byfor not suitable or qualified; unfitted
- mentally slow
- postpositive; may take an infinitive not disposed or likely (to)
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Derived Forms
- unˈaptly, adverb
- unˈaptness, noun
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Other Words From
- un·aptly adverb
- un·aptness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Some leap to the strains with unapt foot, and make a halting figure in the universal dance.
You see, the physician doesn't preach, as a rule, and I'm afraid the priest is equally unapt to practise.
The monument indeed is not an unapt emblem of the purity and simplicity of the curate's character.
Nor is his mind dull or unapt; he will rebut or ridicule an adversary with astonishing shrewdness.
Unapt, un-apt′, adj. not suitable or qualified for: dull, inapt.
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