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US
/ˌmæɫəˈdʒəstɪd/
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[ UK /mˈælɐdʒˌʌstɪd/ ]
[ UK /mˈælɐdʒˌʌstɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
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poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living
a maladjusted child -
not well adjusted
a maladjusted carburetor
How To Use maladjusted In A Sentence
- You could survey a women's prison for six months and not find this many maladjusted, misguided females or omnipresent social ills.
- Bubble excesses, including over-consumption and maladjusted investment, have engendered an increasingly untenable trade position.
- But the big problem is that the economy has become so maladjusted and is in such an unstable state of flux.
- High scorers are viewed as maladjusted, whiney, demanding, and quick-tempered.
- I am the weird, ugly, maladjusted, malevolent girl.
- What's really sickening is that some maladjusted souls would take the time to insult a group of people that choose to express themselves, inspired by a classic graphic novel. Cool Stuff: Watchmen Tribute Art Show | /Film
- I felt called to do what I call ‘get in the way,’ to be maladjusted. Manifesting Michelangelo
- Conventionalizing maladjusted behavior may be good for ratings but the downside is the impact it has on the rest of us who have to endure the verbal abuse from a parent or derisive remarks from a girlfriend or bullying at school or the office. Vanessa Carmichael: Reality Women
- The Credit system is too impaired, chastened investors and speculators too risk-averse, and the Bubble economy too maladjusted.
- Doubtless, she'd be pretty disillusioned if she could she Dellaqua or his strangely alienated and maladjusted crew face-to-face. THE SAVAGE GIRL