unadaptability love

Definitions

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  • noun the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances

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Examples

  • β€œThe unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball —”

    The Small House at Allington 2004

  • The unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball will conceal the insufficiency of four men and a boy as a supply of male dancers.

    The Small House at Allington 2004

  • The female migrants manifested an unadaptability to housework, being accustomed to outdoor work on the farms.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 Various

  • _Odes_, and their unadaptability to religious and moral use, disqualified them for the approval of all but the individual scholar or literary enthusiast.

    Horace and His Influence Grant Showerman

  • The difficult form and matter of the Odes, and their unadaptability to religious and moral use, disqualified them for the approval of all but the individual scholar or literary enthusiast.

    Horace and His Influence Showerman, Grant, 1870-1935 1922

  • At the South, where the climate is well suited for silk culture, an obstacle has been found in the unadaptability of the cheap labor, particularly colored labor, to the delicate handling, and especially winding of the silk from the cocoons.

    Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896

  • The unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball will conceal the insufficiency of four men and a boy as a supply of male dancers.

    The Small House at Allington Anthony Trollope 1848

  • "The unadaptability of the lawn for the purpose of a ball --"

    The Small House at Allington Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Due to unadaptability of the style sheet with the browser used in your computer, pages may not look as original.

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2010

  • Due to unadaptability of the style sheet with the browser used in your computer, pages may not look as original.

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2010

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