not adapted

Example Sentences

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“That leaves us with a financial system that is not adapted to fast-growing firms,” he says.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Gallio and his team were the first to sequence the snow fly genome and compare it with related insects that are not adapted to cold environments.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

The strain of bird flu currently circulating has not adapted to efficiently spread among people.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025

The show, “Maybe Happy Ending,” is a rarity for Broadway: a fully original musical — not adapted from a pre-existing story or song catalog.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

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