not adapted
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They damage our health, he asserts, because they have the hallmarks of an evolutionary mismatch—our bodies are not adapted to their long-term effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Neumann added that British plants are "not adapted to prolonged summer droughts and hot weather", unlike in places like the Mediterranean.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“That leaves us with a financial system that is not adapted to fast-growing firms,” he says.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Natives actually tend to do better after several years of drought, once invasives not adapted to the arid climate die out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
However, those tropical African crops could never be transmitted across South Africa’s Fish River, beyond which they were stopped by Mediterranean conditions to which they were not adapted.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
