Maladjusted

Quick meaning: Maladjusted is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of maladjust.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of maladjust.

More Meanings

1. Adjusted badly or wrongly.
2. Badly adjusted to the demands and stresses of daily living; unable to cope.

Example Sentences

In practice, the most frequently encountered problems relate to maladjusted monitors, which affect the display of images, […]

Throughout my career as a music journalist, I've often found myself sharing the same orbit as some of the more maladjusted talents of the late 20th century, but nothing could have prepared me for the time I spent with Serge Gainsbourg, the louche, turtle-eyed genius of la chanson Française, little more than two years before his death.

Before he died, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the hermit-like, socially maladjusted tech genius who created The Oasis, hid an Easter egg somewhere in the circuitry, scattering bread crumbs that lead to its location. Find the egg, and the mogul’s fortune—along with total control of his digital fiefdom—is yours. It’s the ultimate capitalist scavenger hunt!

Synonyms for maladjusted

Depending on context, synonyms include neurotic, disturbed, psychoneurotic, unadjusted.

Antonyms for maladjusted

Common opposites include garishly, adjusted, gaudily, tawdrily.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unadjusted, disturbed, neurotic, psychoneurotic, unfit, inappropriate.

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