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maladapt

maladapt verb: to adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.

Verb

maladapt (third-person singular simple present maladapts, present participle maladapting, simple past and past participle maladapted)

  1. (intransitive) To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.

Forms of maladapt

third-person singular presentmaladapts
present participlemaladapting
past participlemaladapted
pastmaladapted

Origin of maladapt

From mal- + adapt.

Questions about maladapt

What does maladapt mean?
Maladapt means to adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
What part of speech is maladapt?
Maladapt is a verb.
What is the past tense of maladapt?
The past tense of maladapt is maladapted.

Words near maladapt in the dictionary

  1. malacozoology
  2. malactic
  3. Malaczewski
  4. Malaczewskis
  5. Malad City
  6. maladapt
  7. maladaptability
  8. maladaptable
  9. maladaptation
  10. maladaptations
  11. maladaptative

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