Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances
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Examples
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βThe unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball ββ
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The unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball will conceal the insufficiency of four men and a boy as a supply of male dancers.
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The female migrants manifested an unadaptability to housework, being accustomed to outdoor work on the farms.
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_Odes_, and their unadaptability to religious and moral use, disqualified them for the approval of all but the individual scholar or literary enthusiast.
Horace and His Influence Grant Showerman
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The difficult form and matter of the Odes, and their unadaptability to religious and moral use, disqualified them for the approval of all but the individual scholar or literary enthusiast.
Horace and His Influence Showerman, Grant, 1870-1935 1922
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At the South, where the climate is well suited for silk culture, an obstacle has been found in the unadaptability of the cheap labor, particularly colored labor, to the delicate handling, and especially winding of the silk from the cocoons.
Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896
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The unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball will conceal the insufficiency of four men and a boy as a supply of male dancers.
The Small House at Allington Anthony Trollope 1848
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"The unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball --"
The Small House at Allington Anthony Trollope 1848
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