unaptness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNAPT'NESS, noun 1. Unfitness; unsuitableness. 2. Dullness; want of quick apprehension. 3. Unreadiness; disqualification; want of propension. The mind, by excess of exertion, gets an unaptness to vigorous attempts.
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