Antonyms for adaptedadapt·ed

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1. adapted

   Adequate, commensurate, and sufficient signify equal to some given occasion or work; as, a sum sufficient to meet expenses; an adequate remedy for the disease. Commensurate is the more precise and learned word, signifying that which exactly measures the matter in question. Adapted, fit, suitable, and qualified refer to the qualities which match or suit the occasion. A clergyman may have strength adequate to the work of a porter; but that would not be a fit or suitable occupation for him. Work is satisfactory if it satisfies those for whom it is done, though it may be very poor work judged by some higher standard. Qualified refers to acquired abilities; competent to both natural and acquired; a qualified teacher may be no longer competent, by reason of ill health. Able and capable suggest general ability and reserved power, able being the higher word of the two. An able man will do something well in any position. A capable man will come up to any ordinary demand. We say an able orator, a capable accountant.

   Antonyms:
   disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthless

   Synonyms:
   able, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable

   Preposition:
   Adequate to the demand; for the purpose.

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1. adapted, alteredadjective

   changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

   "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"

   Antonyms:
   unmodified

   Synonyms:
   altered, neutered

How to use adapted in a sentence?

1. An Oklahoma teacher:

   Unfortunately, the activity that was chosen in this instance was one that was adapted from and focused on topics not appropriate for our students.

2. Another British archaeologist:

   My feeling is this is a tomb, originally made for a queen, which was adapted for the burial of a queen who had become a pharaoh, the pharaoh (dressed as a mummy) in question looks to be Nefertiti and the person burying Nefertiti appears to be Tutankhamun.

3. Jin Park:

   Biological tissue can be adapted into our body and can minimize the size and power consumption.

4. Henry Miller, "The Colossus of Maroussi" (1941):

   There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

5. Martin Dempsey:

   They did some of that in the beginning and paid the price. So the enemy has adapted and they have developed tactics and techniques that make them a little more difficult to find.

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