adjective
- acting against or opposing adaptation; failing to promote adjustment to environmental or social conditions
Usage: technical; formal
Examples
- The rigid policy proved counteradaptive in a rapidly changing market.
- Counteradaptive behaviors often prevent organisms from surviving in new environments.
- The team's counteradaptive response to feedback hindered their progress.
- Clinging to outdated strategies is counteradaptive in modern business.
- Psychologists identified counteradaptive coping mechanisms in the patient's responses to stress.