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maladjusted
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective maladjusted has 3 senses
- maladjusted(a = adj.all) Array - poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child" Antonym: adjusted
- maladjusted(s = adj.all) disturbed - emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships; Array
- maladjusted(s = adj.all) Array - not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
maladjusted, adj.
1 not correctly adjusted.
2 (of a person) unable to adapt to or cope with the demands of a social environment.
1 not correctly adjusted.
2 (of a person) unable to adapt to or cope with the demands of a social environment.
Derivative
maladjustment n.
THESAURUS
maladjusted
ill-adapted, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-qualified, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, inadequate, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, infelicitous, irrelevant, mal a propos, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, not equal to, not up to, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, unable, unadapted, unadjusted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unequipped, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unqualified, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely
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