unapt[adjective]Synonyms: improper, inappropriate, inapt, malapropos, unbefitting, undue, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, unskillful, inadept, inept, inexpert, undexterous, unfacile, unhandy, unproficient
Antonyms: apt
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
unapt adjective.
[ʌn'apt] LME.[from UN-1 + APT.]1. Not suited, fitted, adapted, or prepared (
for, to do). Long
arch. LME.■ E. Gayton Guests..very unapt to sleep anywhere but in their own houses. ■ W. Cowper I shall prove of little force Hereafter, and for manly feats unapt.2. Not suitable, appropriate, or apposite.
M16.Observer The language of cruelty, kindness and compassion is unapt.3. Not habitually liable, customarily disposed, likely, or prone,
to do.
L16.■ Sir W. Scott A mind which was unapt to apprehend danger. ■ J. T. Micklethwaite Of little creative power, but not unapt to take up ideas suggested to them. ■ unaptly adverb M16. ■ unaptness noun M16. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲