readaptiveadj.
/ˌriːəˈdaptɪv/, U.S. /ˌriəˈdæptɪv/ rare.
Of, relating to, or involving readaptation; capable of readapting.
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1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Jan. 3/3 The prodigal fund of ever fresh and readaptive humour.
1949 H. Miller Community of Man v. 78 Professional priesthoods arose, devoting themselves to this readaptive work. Expected to preserve orthodox myth, they inevitably proceeded to refashion myth.
1972 Western Polit. Q. 25 552 The length of the cultural crisis hinges as much..on the readaptive capacities of the political system, as on the cohesion of the student movement.
2007 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 23 Mar. 2 Working to keep our downtown active with an overlay for re-adaptive rezoning from residential to commercial use.
Derivatives
reaˈdaptiveness n.
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1894 Forum (U.S.) Aug. 673 Anti-social perversity or social readaptiveness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to the landwards
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