Antonyms for unadapted
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-dapt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈdæpt |
Definition of unadapted
Origin :- early 15c. (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Middle French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aptare "join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt). Meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" (intransitive) is from 1956. Related: Adapting.
- As in incompatible : adj antagonistic, contradictory
- As in incompetent : adj unskillful, unable
- The artists whose basis of art is the unadapted child, may, perhaps, be classed as the 'realists' among children's illustrators.
- Extract from : « English Book-Illustration of To-day » by Rose Esther Dorothea Sketchley
- They must be left, in far greater degree, conserved, unformulate and unadapted.
- Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
- He is fixed in the Narcissistic stage of his life, and is unadapted to the world of social relations.
- Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
- Some of the faults observed are that they are as yet unadapted to the "heavy and pace-set labor in the steel mills."
- Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
- In English the unadapted form “major” is the title of a military officer now ranking between a captain and a lieutenant-colonel.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 » by Various
- A foreign plant may not necessarily be unadapted to another locality.
- Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting » by Various
- The Darwinian idea of adaptation by automatic elimination of the unadapted is a simple and clear idea.
- Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
Synonyms for unadapted
- adverse
- amateur
- amateurish
- antipathetic
- antipodal
- antithetical
- awkward
- bungling
- bush-league
- clashing
- clumsy
- conflicting
- contrary
- counter
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disparate
- disqualified
- factious
- floundering
- helpless
- inadequate
- inadmissible
- inappropriate
- incapable
- incoherent
- inconformable
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inconstant
- ineffectual
- inefficient
- ineligible
- inept
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- insufficient
- irreconcilable
- jarring
- maladroit
- marching to a different drummer
- mismatched
- night and day
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not have it
- offbeat
- opposed
- opposite
- out to lunch
- poles apart
- raw
- unadapted
- uncongenial
- unequipped
- unfit
- unfitted
- unhandy
- uninitiated
- unproficient
- unqualified
- unskilled
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untrained
- useless
- warring
- whale of difference
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