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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1570-1619
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Unapt(e, adj. [ME and e.m.E. vnapt (Chaucer), vnapte (1504); Apt adj.] Unsuitable, unfitted (for or to do something). — 1570 Leslie 7.
I acknawlege my selfe unapte therfore 1582 Bk. Univ. Kirk II 587.
To summond before the Presbytrie of Edinburgh such persons … as shall be judged unapt for their functiones 1619 Garden Elphinstoun 922.
Me my self, I grant Unworthe, unapt, indigne, To undergo so great a charge
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