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Recent Examples of unadaptable
Werber’s intricate world-building and philosophical undercurrents have long been considered unadaptable, but Xilam and UGC have set off crack the beloved novel to deliver a high-concept series aimed at global family audiences, spanning from young viewers to adults who grew up with the bestseller.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2025
Over his decade-plus of work on FX series Legion and Fargo, Hawley has come to be heralded as an adaptor of unadaptable things, someone who distills the essence of an original work and then remixes it with fantastical touches and lived-in characters.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
People have talked about this being unadaptable.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Sep. 2025
For a long time, the book was consider unadaptable due to its brutality.
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Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
For years, Frank Herbert’s sweeping 1965 sci-fi novel — set in the distant future on a desert planet where powerful clans fight for control over the most precious substance in the universe — was considered all but unadaptable.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2023
The novel has been adapted by Noah Baumbach into a feature film starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, despite a reputation for being unadaptable because of its density of detail and its fractured, occasionally absurdist plot.
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Jordan Kisner,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2022
Apple TV+, striving to make its mark with a modest number of high quality series, opted to embark on the impossible and adapt the unadaptable.
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Jeff Ewing,
Forbes,
24 Sep. 2021
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2025
Over his decade-plus of work on FX series Legion and Fargo, Hawley has come to be heralded as an adaptor of unadaptable things, someone who distills the essence of an original work and then remixes it with fantastical touches and lived-in characters.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
People have talked about this being unadaptable.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Sep. 2025
For a long time, the book was consider unadaptable due to its brutality.
—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
For years, Frank Herbert’s sweeping 1965 sci-fi novel — set in the distant future on a desert planet where powerful clans fight for control over the most precious substance in the universe — was considered all but unadaptable.
—
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2023
The novel has been adapted by Noah Baumbach into a feature film starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, despite a reputation for being unadaptable because of its density of detail and its fractured, occasionally absurdist plot.
—
Jordan Kisner,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2022
Apple TV+, striving to make its mark with a modest number of high quality series, opted to embark on the impossible and adapt the unadaptable.
—
Jeff Ewing,
Forbes,
24 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unadaptable
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Families can also create irrevocable trusts to remove countable assets towards Medicaid qualification, but remember, irrevocable trusts are usually unchangeable.
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Policies Vary by Location As generous as Aldi’s approach can be, there are a few places where the rules are solid and unchangeable.
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Exoplanets with orbits tilted with respect to their invariable plane could disrupt the rest of their system.
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Among other things, Marx is invoking the algebraic distinction between known and invariable (constant) and unknown (variable) values.
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Since day one, whenever Draft One is used to generate an initial narrative, its use is stored in Axon Evidence’s unalterable digital audit trail, which can be retrieved by agencies on any report.
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Its decentralized ledger technology can create unalterable records of each point in the sourcing and delivery process.
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But if the real point is to help people, the government can do that now – without needlessly discriminating on the basis of immutable characteristics.
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Slavery, in their telling, was not a system on which the country was built, but a deviation from the immutable truths on which it was founded.
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For people navigating stigma or inflexible work schedules, that single requirement was often enough to stop them from starting or staying on treatment.
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Too many women experience a lack of transportation and childcare, insufficient language assistance, financial insecurity, inflexible appointment availability, separation of physical and behavioral health services, and lack of post-delivery follow-up.
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Healthcare demand is often inelastic, meaning even in times of dire financial straits, people are still seeking treatment, and companies like UPS and FedEx are wanting to capitalize.
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Here on Earth, structural engineers routinely design typical building systems to yield, crack, and sustain permanent inelastic deformation during a design-level seismic event.
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Such as the single parent working two jobs to make ends meet, the senior on a fixed income, the recent graduate struggling to afford housing and healthcare.
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Alphabet went the other way and issued stock, which dilutes existing shareholders but adds no fixed interest bill to meet whether or not the AI bet pays off.
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Could the auction enthusiasm for historic and ultra-established art be spreading over to other categories?
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This new rendition stars Hugh Jackman, who is no stranger to roughening up an established protagonist.
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“Unadaptable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unadaptable. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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