non-adaptive

Politeness is yet another of those non-adaptive behaviors that people mistakenly encourage in your youth, like being humble or flossing regularly.

From Gaddafi to Walker, why you should never be polite 2011

Without fossil fuels, or some form of alternative energy that can be scaled up to the consumption level of fossil fuels, these non-adaptive social systems will collapse, and all the ferocity of tribal competitiveness, which they had been holding in abeyance, will appear.

What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

Now I am supposed to believe that depression is really evolutionarily adaptive behavior in disguise even though it often leads to suicide which is almost by definition non-adaptive behavior.

An Evolutionary Model of Depression, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The answer that Lynch would give would involve an expansion of “junk” genome size for non-adaptive reasons, coupled with an exploitation of that genetic-environmental resource by the adaptive, non-junk portion of the genome.

Developmental buffering, or how to live with your bad genes - The Panda's Thumb 2010

Now, modesty is underrated almost to the point of being considered a non-adaptive trait.

Time Person of the Year Mark Zuckerberg and the DSM -- making the world safe for narcissism Alexandra Petri 2010

In his essay about laughter, he continues to show how humor, if understood by both parties involved, can demonstrate our own non-adaptive behaviors and, through a mild form of humiliation, lead to a correction or genuine improvement in relationship.

Blythe McGarvie: Humor and Rapprochement Blythe McGarvie 2010

Students who can't dance nimbly between the two fall behind, just as non-adaptive kids have always done.

Paul Jury: 5 Ways Texting Is Ruining Changing English 2010

In his essay about laughter, he continues to show how humor, if understood by both parties involved, can demonstrate our own non-adaptive behaviors and, through a mild form of humiliation, lead to a correction or genuine improvement in relationship.

Blythe McGarvie: Humor and Rapprochement Blythe McGarvie 2010

In his essay about laughter, he continues to show how humor, if understood by both parties involved, can demonstrate our own non-adaptive behaviors and, through a mild form of humiliation, lead to a correction or genuine improvement in relationship.

Blythe McGarvie: Humor and Rapprochement Blythe McGarvie 2010

"The CIA is like any other vast bureaucracy, which means it's rigid, non-adaptive, stuck," he says.

Jeff Stein: CIA-Approved Psychiatrist Treats Cloak and Dagger Set's Woes 2009