Difference between Maladaptive and Dysfunctional
What is the difference between Maladaptive and Dysfunctional?
Maladaptive as an adjective is showing inadequate or faulty adaptation to a new situation while Dysfunctional as an adjective is functioning incorrectly or abnormally.
Maladaptive
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Showing inadequate or faulty adaptation to a new situation
Dysfunctional
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Functioning incorrectly or abnormally.
Example sentence:
I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
We hope you now know whether to use Maladaptive or Dysfunctional in your sentence.
