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Recent Examples of maladaptation
Experts call this phenomenon maladaptation.
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Stephen Robert Miller, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
This maladaptation to lack of hip stability causes the knee to be unnaturally pinched between the upper leg and lower leg, precipitating damage and pain.
—Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2018
Stephen Robert Miller, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
This maladaptation to lack of hip stability causes the knee to be unnaturally pinched between the upper leg and lower leg, precipitating damage and pain.
—Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maladaptation
Noun
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The strategy could lead to friction with the federal government.—
Collin Binkley,
Fortune,
11 Dec. 2025
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Sometimes, even that smallest amount of friction means your fleeting thought of adding a reminder is lost forever.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
19 Nov. 2025
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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Dishonest Job Search researchers give recommendations for hiring managers, job seekers and organizations to mitigate the confusion and discord in the hiring process.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Despite the internal and external discord, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing to finalize the bill before the July 4 holiday.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
Noun
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So, what might those moments suggest for today’s era of disunity and discord?—
Cardinal Blase Cupich,
Mercury News,
27 Nov. 2025
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Many of these refugees from Sudan and others fleeing conflicts and harsh conditions elsewhere in Africa find their way to Libya, taking advantage of the country's disunity and unpatrolled borders to embark on a treacherous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The directing duo hoped to examine the good intentions Banks and producers had, of turning the fashion industry on its head, empowering women and championing diversity, and the way those intentions evolved as the show moved through cycles.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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The annual event brings together thousands to celebrate diversity, visibility, equality and the strength of the LGBTQ+ community in the Queen City.—
Amari Riley
June 16,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026
Noun
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The financial strife seemed like a death knell for one of the city’s largest redevelopment projects, an effort Stammel spent years helping to engineer.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
11 June 2026
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The community in Boulder County has been in good hands through strife and trauma.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Most economic forecasters say this year's large revisions have cleared up a disparity between surprisingly resilient job gains and other economic indicators, such as gross domestic product, that have been feeble this year.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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According to the Economic Policy Institute, the COVID-19 pandemic made this disparity worse because Black women experienced the highest rates of job loss during the initial economic shutdown.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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That’s in contrast to the 11 who obtained permanent housing in the first nine months of a 175-bed, city-county Stockton Boulevard shelter which cost $23 million to build and is costing $6 million a year to run.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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By contrast, interceptor missiles typically cost anywhere from $100,000 to $1 million apiece.—
William La Jeunesse , Yael Rotem-Kuriel,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Maladaptation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maladaptation. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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