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Life has also changed drastically for author Rachel Reid, who recently told the BBC she thought her books were "unadaptable".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Guadagnino manages to adapt the otherwise unadaptable, challenging his actors as much as he does his audience.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024

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

Tsuruko is genial, but she is unadaptable to the point of being stupid.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

But he had proved himself incompetent, unadaptable, a stick, a pedantic incapable.

From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John