Adapted refers to the process of making something suitable for a new use or purpose. Its antonyms, on the other hand, signify the opposite of adapting. Unadjusted refers to something that has not been altered or modified to suit a new environment. Other antonyms include unadaptable, inflexible, maladjusted, rigid, and fixed. These words indicate that something cannot easily or adequately adapt to changes or new conditions. The opposite of adaptability or flexibility, these antonyms describe something that is stuck in its ways and resistant to change. Using antonyms for adapted can help highlight the importance of adaptability and the consequences of inflexibility.

What are the antonyms for Adapted?

adj.
• noun
- unacclimated
- unaccustomed
- unadapted
- unadjusted
- unused
imp. & p. p.
• noun
- disqualified
- inadequate
- incompetent
- inferior
- insufficient
- poor
- unequal
- unfit
- unmodified
- unqualified
- unsatisfactory
- unsuitable
- useless
- worthless

Usage examples for Adapted

"Your cousin," said he,-"your cousin, whom, by the way, I only saw for a few minutes, seemed admirably adapted to the exigencies of the social state around her; and although ball practice has not been included amongst the ordinary items of young ladies' acquirements, I am satisfied that it might advantageously form part of an Irish education.

"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"

Charles James Lever

There are no striking features in this expanse of soft undulations, but you feel a consciousness that the sea is not far off, and that the scenery is well adapted for fine cloud and sunset effects.

"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"

Alfred Gatty

Our bronze skins were adapted to cold and winds, but the torture of the cold, drenching water was new.

"My Attainment of the Pole"

Frederick A. Cook

Famous quotes with Adapted

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

Robert Benchley
Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.

Thomas Bulfinch
My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you.

Martin Van Buren
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.

Joseph Butler
Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

Samuel Butler

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