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unapt

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un⋅apt

  [uhn-apt]
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–adjective
1. not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable: an unapt answer.
2. not prone, likely, or disposed: She is unapt to waste what she has accumulated with such effort.
3. deficient in aptitude or capacity; slow; dull: an unapt student.
Origin:
1325–75; ME; see un- 1 , apt

Related forms:
un⋅apt⋅ly, adverb
un⋅apt⋅ness, noun
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un·apt   (ŭn-āpt')   
adj.  

  1. Not suitable or appropriate.

  2. Not likely or liable.

un·apt'ly adv., un·apt'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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