Adaptive and Dysfunctional

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Adaptive adjective - Having a capacity for adaptation.

Usage example: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon

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Dysfunctional is an antonym for adaptive.

Nearby Words: adapt, adapted, adaptable, adaptation, adapting

Dysfunctional adjective - Impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ.

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Adaptive is an antonym for dysfunctional.

Nearby Word: dysfunction

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