maladaptive
IPA: mˈæɫʌdˈæptɪv
adjective
- (psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.
- (evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes.
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Examples of "maladaptive" in Sentences
- Except perhaps as an maladaptive side effect.
- The lowest six levels refer to maladaptive behaviour.
- This maladaptive change, or counter productive behavior.
- The handicap principle explains why it isn't maladaptive.
- A non team work approach to this, sounds rather maladaptive.
- Reflect on how the behavior is more maladaptive than adaptive.
- It distinguishes between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism.
- It is sociologically maladaptive to be so driven to squelch this article.
- For the finite population of post mitotic neurons, this would be maladaptive.
- There is controversy over whether self enhancement is adaptive or maladaptive.
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