Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal ally; prudent hesitation, specious cowardice; moderation was held to be a cloak for unmanliness; ability to see all sides of a question, inaptness to act on any.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides
She stopped, the needle poised above Lee's arm, realizing the inaptness of her remark.
"Am I Still There?"
James R. Hall
Sometimes, as her voice rose clear and sweet to my open windows, I answered remarks addressed to me with an inaptness that only Mrs. Yocomb understood.
"A Day Of Fate"
E. P. Roe