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maladjust

maladjust verb: to adjust badly or wrongly.

Verb

maladjust (third-person singular simple present maladjusts, present participle maladjusting, simple past and past participle maladjusted)

  1. (transitive) To adjust badly or wrongly.

Forms of maladjust

third-person singular presentmaladjusts
present participlemaladjusting
past participlemaladjusted
pastmaladjusted

Origin of maladjust

From mal- + adjust.

Questions about maladjust

What does maladjust mean?
Maladjust means to adjust badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is maladjust?
Maladjust is a verb.
What is the past tense of maladjust?
The past tense of maladjust is maladjusted.

Words near maladjust in the dictionary

  1. maladie du pays
  2. maladies
  3. maladif
  4. maladious
  5. maladive
  6. maladjust
  7. maladjusted
  8. maladjuster
  9. maladjusters
  10. maladjusting
  11. maladjustive

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