adaptive

adaptive [uh-dap-tiv] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.

Origin of adaptive First recorded in 1815–25; adapt + -ive Related formsa·dap·tive·ly, adverba·dap·tive·ness, nounad·ap·tiv·i·ty [ad-ap-tiv-i-tee] /ˌæd æpˈtɪv ɪ ti/, nounnon·a·dap·tive, adjectivere·a·dap·tive, adjectivere·a·dap·tive·ly, adverbre·a·dap·tive·ness, nounun·a·dap·tive, adjectiveun·a·dap·tive·ly, adverbun·a·dap·tive·ness, nounCan be confusedadaptive adoptive Examples from the Web for unadaptive Historical Examples of unadaptive

A further consequence often is, that the stem, too, begins to respond to the unadaptive stranger’s influence.

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