adaptive.

Able to change in response to altered conditions.

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Words that belong together

• adaptive strategy
• adaptive response

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An adaptive strategy allowed the project to survive repeated delays.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more adaptive; superlative most adaptive when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.