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maladjusted

[ mal-uh-juhs-tid ]

adjective

  1. badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maladjusted1

First recorded in 1880–85; mal- + adjusted
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Her equally maladjusted parents, her close circle of blunt friends, her lovers and, most importantly, her children bring her the comfort that she has long been searching for.

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It is time to serve as that creatively maladjusted, transformed minority.

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The school was set up in 1966 for "maladjusted" boys - those regarded as troublemakers who, very often, had difficult home lives.

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From the Western perspective, East Asians might appear excessively polite in their attention to social ties or could seem disengaged or even depressed or maladjusted in their ambivalence toward self-promotion and initiative.

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Amer rounds out details drawn from interviews with Boulahcen’s family and friends with her own psychological coloring, striving to give shape to the inner life of a maladjusted immigrant.

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