adaptable
adjective
capable of being adapted.
unadaptable
-
a word derived from
adaptable.
Example Sentences
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"I thought they were unadaptable," Reid says frankly of her books, which she first published anonymously online, disguised as fan fiction.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
It’s an absurdist portrait of America on the verge of self-destruction adapted from a novel considered unadaptable.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
In short, it felt like "The Wheel of Time" had to make some really difficult choices to adapt a basically unadaptable story.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2022
Tsuruko is genial, but she is unadaptable to the point of being stupid.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Bit by bit he eliminated all the characteristics and circumstances of the human form on the principle of the non-survival of the useless and unadaptable.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various
