maladaptation
[mal-ad-uh p-tey-shuh n]
- incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
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Origin of maladaptation
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For nothing can be clearer than that Nature is full of cruelty and maladaptation.
Out of that maladaptation and the discontent and rebellion will arise her neurosis.
The Nervous HousewifeAbraham Myerson
Word Origin and History for maladaptation
n.
1829, from mal- + adaptation.
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