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Recent Examples of unadaptable
The novel has been adapted by Noah Baumbach into a feature film starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, despite a reputation for being unadaptable because of its density of detail and its fractured, occasionally absurdist plot.
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Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
For years, Frank Herbert’s sweeping 1965 sci-fi novel — set in the distant future on a desert planet where powerful clans fight for control over the most precious substance in the universe — was considered all but unadaptable.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
It must be said that DeLillo’s novel has long been considered unadaptable for precisely this reason of tone.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2022
The latter sentiment is the key to understanding both the assets and challenges of making a TV series out of a comic book long held as one of the medium’s greatest, but also one of its most unadaptable.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
So maybe its backers simply need to keep reminding people how Frank Herbert’s novel was considered unadaptable ... and Jon Spaihts, Eric Roth and Villeneuve did it.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
That film’s failure gave the book a reputation for being unadaptable: too long, unwieldy, and dense with lore to work on a blockbuster scale.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2021
Who better than his fellow filmmakers to understand the difficulties involved in bringing Frank Herbert’s nigh-unadaptable novel to the screen?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
Apple TV+, striving to make its mark with a modest number of high quality series, opted to embark on the impossible and adapt the unadaptable.
—Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
For years, Frank Herbert’s sweeping 1965 sci-fi novel — set in the distant future on a desert planet where powerful clans fight for control over the most precious substance in the universe — was considered all but unadaptable.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
It must be said that DeLillo’s novel has long been considered unadaptable for precisely this reason of tone.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2022
The latter sentiment is the key to understanding both the assets and challenges of making a TV series out of a comic book long held as one of the medium’s greatest, but also one of its most unadaptable.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
So maybe its backers simply need to keep reminding people how Frank Herbert’s novel was considered unadaptable ... and Jon Spaihts, Eric Roth and Villeneuve did it.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
That film’s failure gave the book a reputation for being unadaptable: too long, unwieldy, and dense with lore to work on a blockbuster scale.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2021
Who better than his fellow filmmakers to understand the difficulties involved in bringing Frank Herbert’s nigh-unadaptable novel to the screen?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
Apple TV+, striving to make its mark with a modest number of high quality series, opted to embark on the impossible and adapt the unadaptable.
—Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unadaptable
Adjective
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In addition to the orders on health care access and defining the sexes as unchangeable, Trump has also signed orders that open the door to banning transgender people from military service and set up new rules about how schools can teach about gender.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2025
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This order instructs federal agencies to recognize only two unchangeable sexes determined at conception.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Step 12: Pay attention to the progression—the invariable, inexorable progression.—
Barbara Kellerman,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2024
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The almost invariable promises to improve security after records are stolen contradicts the endless assurances that these companies and institutions take security seriously.—
Steven Levy,
WIRED,
12 Jan. 2024
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For instance, blockchain technology can establish an unalterable record of identity verification, ensuring that executive data remains intact and secure.—
Damodar Selvam,
Forbes,
17 Sep. 2024
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Though a vintage wedding dress comes with strings attached—there might be repairs, unalterable elements, or imperfections due to age, the upside is endless.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
22 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Trump’s order declared the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female, based on whether people are born with eggs or sperm, rather than on their chromosomes.—
Susan Haigh,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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There are reasons to hope Trump’s approach is based on more immutable principles and sophisticated groundwork.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The narrative chronicles Gail’s gradual recognition that her inflexible standards have impinged on her happiness.—
Heller McAlpin,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2025
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Joella was voted in the bottom alongside Kori King, and due to a combination of her bulky, inflexible outfit and her not knowing the words to the lip sync song, she was asked to sashay away.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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After incorporating missing campaign data, our demand prediction accuracy improved by 4.2%, and elasticity estimates shifted by 71.2%, reclassifying many products from inelastic to low or medium elasticity categories.—
Aleksandr Galkin,
Forbes,
12 Sep. 2024
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Eating inadequate protein can lead to muscle loss, inelastic skin, and thin fragile, hair, says Ingram.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
16 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Wynder said in 2023, there were more than 1.29 million riders for its fixed route buses with an average of over 3,300 per day.—
Alex Malm,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The notable fixed income investor thinks long-duration Treasury yields have more room to rise.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Philp may grow into that role, but with the trade deadline straight ahead and no established right-handed centre to take defensive-zone faceoffs short-handed, a recall of Ryan from the AHL Bakersfield Condors or a trade for a more substantial solution would seem to be the play.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Would that be enough time to become an established incumbent?—
Thomas D. Elias,
Orange County Register,
14 Feb. 2025
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