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Meaning of MALADJUSTED

Pronunciation:  `malu'justid

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"
  2. [adj]  (psychology) poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child"
  3. [adj]  emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
 
 Synonyms: disturbed, neurotic, psychoneurotic, unadapted, unadjusted
 
 Antonyms: adjusted
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: ill-adapted, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-qualified, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, inadequate, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, infelicitous, irrelevant, mal a propos, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, not equal to, not up to, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, unable, unadapted, unadjusted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unequipped, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unqualified, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely
 

 

 

 

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