Unapt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unapt is an adjective meaning (obsolete except in negative phrases) Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited.
Meaning
(obsolete except in negative phrases) Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Unaccustomed.
Example Sentences
I am a Souldier, and vnapt to weepe, / Or to exclaime on Fortunes fickleneſſe.
Some leap to the strains with unapt foot, and make a halting figure in the universal dance.
Maybe it's unfair to link the epic (and epically expensive) "Les Misérables" with fast food. But it's not an entirely unapt allusion, either.
[N]eyther the love of theyr countrye, the feare of theyr enemyes, the avoydinge of punishment, nor the receyvinge of any profite that might come by it, could make them to be good archers: which be unapte and unfitte thereunto by Gods providence and nature.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dull, inhabile, improper, unfitten, unfitted, incommode.
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