maladjusted
maladjusted is the simple past and past participle of maladjust.
Adjective
maladjusted (comparative more maladjusted, superlative most maladjusted)
- Adjusted badly or wrongly.
- In practice, the most frequently encountered problems relate to maladjusted monitors, which affect the display of images, […]2019, R. Brad Abrahams, Walter Huda, William F Sensakovic, Imaging Physics Case Review E-Book, page 318
- Badly adjusted to the demands and stresses of daily living; unable to cope.
- 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...2006 April 15, Nick Kent, “What a drag”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- 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...2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018
Meaning of maladjust
Verb
maladjust (third-person singular simple present maladjusts, present participle maladjusting, simple past and past participle maladjusted)
- To adjust badly or wrongly.
Forms of maladjusted
| comparative | more maladjusted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most maladjusted |
Origin of maladjusted
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From mal- + adjusted.
Questions about maladjusted
- What does maladjusted mean?
- Maladjusted means adjusted badly or wrongly.
- What is maladjusted the simple past and past participle of?
- Maladjusted is the simple past and past participle of maladjust.
- What part of speech is maladjusted?
- Maladjusted is an adjective.
Words near maladjusted in the dictionary
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