Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
maladaptive is an adjective meaning "showing faulty adaptation". It carries one recorded sense.
showing faulty adaptation
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for maladaptive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.