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From an individual standpoint, it can be very difficult to live in a culture for which your genes are ill-adapted.
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From an individual standpoint, it can be very difficult to live in a culture for which your genes are ill-adapted.
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His vast collection of bespoke suits, ill-adapted to the Florida climate, had formerly sold on consignment, yet he recently cut a courageous figure in Brooks Brothers seconds from the outlet mall.
Eddie's Story TimChambers 2011
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His vast collection of bespoke suits, ill-adapted to the Florida climate, had formerly sold on consignment, yet he recently cut a courageous figure in Brooks Brothers seconds from the outlet mall.
Eddie's Story TimChambers 2011
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But when I read international humanitarian guidance on appropriate psychosocial support and juxtapose its theory to the reality of underused, ill-adapted shelters mushrooming in a variety of settings, I must pause to wonder why the gap between the two is so wide.
Mark Canavera: Dusty Broom Closets in Congo: Rethinking Programming to Combat Sexual Violence Mark Canavera 2011
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Now, I imagine there was this very lazy, very fluffy, very ill-adapted feline species hanging out in the wild.
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In fact they have strong claws with which they cling to the vertical rocky surfaces of their preferred nesting sites, but it is true that their legs are small and weak, ill-adapted for perching or walking.
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From an individual standpoint, it can be very difficult to live in a culture for which your genes are ill-adapted.
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From an individual standpoint, it can be very difficult to live in a culture for which your genes are ill-adapted.
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Temperature fluctuations around 0 °C cause frost-heave phenomena that can uproot ill-adapted plants.
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