unadaptable
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈdæptəbl/
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inadaptable
- Children who are unadaptable to changes in routine may struggle with new experiences.
Examples
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Overall, "Cloud Atlas" is a very ambitious film that takes on a near unadaptable piece of literature and makes it work on the big screen.
Blog text (27) -
Its source material was unconsidered, unadaptable, and the screenplay.
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High ego-resiliency is similar to self-regulation and flexibility, while low ego-resiliency reflects an unadaptable style of responding.
Academic text (1998) -
" But my claim is that someone who is only ever given that kind of very task-specific, unadaptable education (someone who never receives any or much of any liberal education) is being done a disservice.... "
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The strict rules at work made her feel unadaptable to the new team dynamics.
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His attitude was unadaptable, refusing to change despite the evolving situation.
Synonyms
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4.7
Not willing to change or accept other ideas
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Not willing or able to learn new things
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Not willing to listen to or accept new ideas
Not able to change when facing new conditions
Having trouble dealing with a situation or its demands
Not changed by attempts to persuade or treat it
Not able to be taken in by a system or organization
Hard to become accepted into a group or culture
Unable to become part of a group, culture, or system
Antonyms
How Adaptable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unadaptable breaks into un- + adapt + -able, where un- means 'not', adapt means 'to change to fit', and -able means 'can be'. So, unadaptable means 'not able to change to fit', which is why we use it for people, animals, or ways of working that cannot adjust to new conditions.