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  • adverb In a maladaptive manner.

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Examples

  • Partly this is due to practical necessity, since I maladaptively overexpress the hoarding gene and tend to be surrounded by junk I can't manage to throw away.

    MAKE Magazine Sean Michael Ragan 2010

  • Partly this is due to practical necessity, since I maladaptively overexpress the hoarding gene and tend to be surrounded by junk I can't manage to throw away.

    MAKE Magazine Sean Michael Ragan 2010

  • Partly this is due to practical necessity, since I maladaptively overexpress the hoarding gene and tend to be surrounded by junk I can't manage to throw away.

    MAKE Magazine 2010

  • Partly this is due to practical necessity, since I maladaptively overexpress the hoarding gene and tend to be surrounded by junk I can't manage to throw away.

    MAKE Magazine 2010

  • The question becomes, are we going to move through this period of resource constraint maladaptively and chaotically, or will we be deliberate and smart in our choices, thereby changing the course of our future?

    The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future 2009

  • The question becomes, are we going to move through this period of resource constraint maladaptively and chaotically, or will we be deliberate and smart in our choices, thereby changing the course of our future?

    The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future 2009

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