Antonyms for apt

Grammar : Adj

Spell : apt

Phonetic Transcription : æpt

Definition of apt

Origin : mid-14c., "inclined, disposed;" late 14c., "suited, fitted, adapted," from Old French ate (13c., Modern French apte), or directly from Latin aptus "fit, suited," adjectival use of past participle of *apere "to attach, join, tie to," from PIE root *ap- "to grasp, take, reach" (cf. Sanskrit apnoti "he reaches," Latin apisci "to reach after, attain," Hittite epmi "I seize"). Elliptical sense of "becoming, appropriate" is from 1560s.

adj suitable
adj tending, inclined
adj quick to learn

Example sentences :

She was distrustful of the future, and apt to anticipate bad fortune.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She was apt not only to know what she talked about, but she was a woman of resource, unafraid of action.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Sympathetic persons are apt to assume that every refined emotion must be ennobling.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

He confessed to me that he was apt to go astray when intent on rhyme.
Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The St. is an apt illustration of the probable workings of Plautus' mind.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

Men in his condition were apt to be as quick with a blow as with a caress.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I'm afraid Diablo'll shut up when he's pinched; his kind are apt to do that.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

After her departure, I remarked that the symbol was none of the most apt.
Extract from : « Chippings With A Chisel (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

It is said that people are apt to suffer more by their friends than their enemies.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

It is too apt to govern itself by what a bold spirit is encouraged to expect of it.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Synonyms for apt

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