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单词 misadaptation
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misadaptationn.

Brit. /ˌmɪsadəpˈteɪʃn/, /ˌmɪsadapˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪsˌædəpˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌmɪsˌædæpˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, adaptation n.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + adaptation n., perhaps after misadapt v.
Defective or inadequate adaptation, lack of adaptation; an instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > misadaptation or misadjustment
misadjustment1827
maladjustment1833
misadaptation1870
1870 W. Aikman Life at Home 51 It is pitiable to see how utterly a husband and a wife may be ignorant of the first elements of each other's characters, and how this ignorance makes their life one perpetual misadaptation.
1888 H. S. Holland Christ or Eccles. 5 Every day has some fresh discovery to make to us of..misadaptation, disorder, confusion.
1907 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 12 811 If maladjustments and misadaptations of the various activities of social life are found to exist, their elimination..must form a part of the process of progress.
1932 Philos. Rev. 41 223 In the long run it [sc. iniquity] works its own ruin, because it means misadaptation, social maladjustment.
1993 Computers in Libraries Feb. 46 How do you ensure that student accessibility to information is not restricted by ‘misadaptation’ of the technology to the environment?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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