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Despite its long-assumed unadaptability, DeLillo’s story contains a number of memorable visual moments, and Baumbach takes advantage.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022

"The unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball—" "Nobody is thinking of a ball," said Lily, with mock petulance.

From The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Anthony

The unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball will conceal the insufficiency of four men and a boy as a supply of male dancers.

From The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Anthony

The difficult form and matter of the Odes, and their unadaptability to religious and moral use, disqualified them for the approval of all but the individual scholar or literary enthusiast.

From Horace and His Influence by Showerman, Grant