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well-adjusted

well-adjusted adjective: of a person, suitably adapted to new conditions.

Adjective

well-adjusted (comparative more well-adjusted, superlative most well-adjusted)

  1. Of a person, suitably adapted to new conditions.
    • Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby.2007 September 10, “Review: Jones, Coens, Penn highlight Toronto”, in CNN
  2. Free from any psychological disorder.

Forms of well-adjusted

comparativemore well-adjusted
superlativemost well-adjusted
alternative formwelladjusted

Questions about well-adjusted

What does well-adjusted mean?
Well-adjusted means of a person, suitably adapted to new conditions.
What part of speech is well-adjusted?
Well-adjusted is an adjective.

Words near well-adjusted in the dictionary

  1. well, I never
  2. well, to be sure
  3. well, well
  4. well, well, well
  5. well-adapted
  6. well-adjusted
  7. well-advised
  8. well-aimed
  9. well-appointed
  10. well-attested
  11. well-aware

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