🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

inadaptável

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inadaptavel

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unadaptable/ˌʌn.əˈdæp.tə.bəl/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O regulamento antigo tornou-se inadaptável à realidade atual."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Unable to be adjusted or modified to fit new conditions or purposes.

    "The legacy software system proved completely unadaptable to the new cloud infrastructure."
  2. 2

    Incapable of changing one's behavior or habits to suit different circumstances.

    "His rigid mindset made him unadaptable in a rapidly evolving corporate environment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix 'un-' (meaning 'not') combined with 'adaptable', which stems from the Latin 'adaptare' (to fit to), via Middle French. The word emerged in the 19th century to describe entities or individuals incapable of adjusting to new conditions or environments.

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