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Definitions
showing faulty adaptation
Word origin
From mal- + adaptive.
Used in a sentence
“An individual's functioning can be conceptualized on a continuum, with one end being more adaptive and healthy and the other end being more maladaptive and less healthy.”
“Some programmatic responses to power issues are more maladaptive for particular clients, such as women, because they affect their role expectations.”
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