maladaptation

[ mal-ad-uhp-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of maladaptation¹

First recorded in 1875–80; mal- + adaptation

Example Sentences

The development of PT maladaptation markers required analysis of plasma proteome in patients having cardiac surgery and in marathon runners who may have suffered exercise-related AKI.

From Science Daily

This PT maladaptation process offers an opportunity to identify noninvasive markers in blood or urine that can better and more safely predict AKI and manage treatment.

From Science Daily

Where species collapse does not occur, “climate change may result in large-scale mortality and population extirpation due to maladaptation of populations.”

From Scientific American

CrossFit, then, “is one component of how to change the behaviors of adults, in an attempt to reverse our maladaptation to our current circumstances.”

From Slate

This would lead to maladaptation.

From Scientific American