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

Hanson sees potential harm from foreign seed not adapted to the micro-climate, the contamination by nursery fungi and disruption of the native soil by planting crews trampling around.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025

"Humans are not adapted to be exposed to lead at the levels we have been exposed to over the past century," Reuben said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Essentially they were those who had not adapted themselves to what had once been called the Atomic Age, in the days when atoms were a novelty.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov