maladaptation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of maladaptation
First recorded in 1875–80; mal- + adaptation
Example Sentences
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The development of PT maladaptation markers required analysis of plasma proteome in patients having cardiac surgery and in marathon runners who may have suffered exercise-related AKI.
From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023
CrossFit, then, “is one component of how to change the behaviors of adults, in an attempt to reverse our maladaptation to our current circumstances.”
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2023
Since the last report, there is further evidence that some adaptation can lead to unintended consequences that worsen the impacts of climate change—what’s known as maladaptation.
From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2022
“Our level of intelligence could be a maladaptation, a wrong turn, an aberration.”
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2017
Failure sheds light on the conditions of success, maladaptation throws into relief the mental work that has to be done by the normal individual in order to secure and maintain his good adaptation.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
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