maladjusted
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əˈdʒʌs adjective
badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | psychol suffering from maladjustment |
| 2. | badly adjusted |
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maladjusted mal·ad·just·ed (māl'ə-jus'tĭd)
adj.
Inadequately adjusted to the demands or stresses of daily living.
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Example sentences
The brake system may be damaged or maladjusted and may not have sufficient capacity for downgrade control.
The findings contradict the notion of the school bully as maladjusted or aggressive by nature.
What they showed was that macaque females raised in social isolation were maladjusted as mothers.
Hill's stability that made him so fascinated with maladjusted types.
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