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misadjust

misadjust verb: to adjust wrongly or unsuitably.

Verb

misadjust (third-person singular simple present misadjusts, present participle misadjusting, simple past and past participle misadjusted)

  1. (transitive) To adjust wrongly or unsuitably.
    • following the daily routine of Scripture lessons in the track of the misadjusted order1861, Isaac Taylor, The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry

Forms of misadjust

third-person singular presentmisadjusts
present participlemisadjusting
past participlemisadjusted
pastmisadjusted

Origin of misadjust

From mis- + adjust.

Questions about misadjust

What does misadjust mean?
Misadjust means to adjust wrongly or unsuitably.
What part of speech is misadjust?
Misadjust is a verb.
What is the past tense of misadjust?
The past tense of misadjust is misadjusted.

Words near misadjust in the dictionary

  1. misaddress
  2. misaddressed
  3. misaddresses
  4. misaddressing
  5. misadds
  6. misadjust
  7. misadjusted
  8. misadjusting
  9. misadjustment
  10. misadjustments
  11. misadjusts

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