maladapted

 [mal-uh-dap-tid]  

mal·a·dapt·ed

   [mal-uh-dap-tid]
adjective
poorly suited or adapted to a particular condition or set of circumstances: maladapted to the demands of modern society.
Origin:
1940–45; mal- + adapted
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
maladaptive (ˌmæləˈdæptɪv)
 
—adj
1.  unsuitably adapted or adapting poorly to (a situation, purpose, etc)
2.  not encouraging adaptation
 
mala'dapted
 
—adj
 
mala'daptively
 
—adv

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