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Maladaptive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Marked by faulty or inadequate adaptation.

adj. Not assisting or promoting adaptation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Showing inadequate or faulty adaptation to a new situation

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. showing faulty adaptation

Word Usage

"Anecdotally (we found no supporting evidence in the literature), some pain theorists view swearing as a sign of ‘pain-related catastrophising’, which may be defined as a maladaptive response in which negative and unhelpful thoughts and ideas are brought to bear when pain is experienced."

Equivalent

dysfunctional maladjustive nonadaptive

Antonym

adaptive

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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