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malaligned

malaligned adjective: badly aligned; misaligned.

Adjective

malaligned (comparative more malaligned, superlative most malaligned)

  1. Badly aligned; misaligned.
    • Orthodontics is always the first choice treatment for aesthetic and functional rehabilitation of malaligned teeth but in some exceptionally rare cases, the unwillingness of the patient for orthodontic correction poses a tough challenge to the dentist.2013 July 26, Kunwarjeet Singh et al., “Unconventional prosthodontics for the aesthetic rehabilitation of discoloured rotated maxillary central incisor”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI

Forms of malaligned

comparativemore malaligned
superlativemost malaligned

Origin of malaligned

From mal- + aligned.

Questions about malaligned

What does malaligned mean?
Malaligned means badly aligned; misaligned.
What part of speech is malaligned?
Malaligned is an adjective.

Words near malaligned in the dictionary

  1. Malaks
  2. Malakula
  3. Malakyan
  4. Malalag
  5. malalign
  6. malaligned
  7. malalignment
  8. malalignments
  9. Malam
  10. malambo
  11. malambos

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