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maladjusted
(redirected from maladjustments)

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mal·ad·just·ed  (ml-jstd)
adj.
1. Poorly adjusted: a maladjusted carburetor.
2. Inadequately adjusted to the demands or stresses of daily living.
maladjusted [ˌmæləˈdʒʌstɪd]
adj
1. (Psychology) Psychol suffering from maladjustment
2. badly adjusted
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Adj.1.maladjusted - poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child"
psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
adjusted - adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability
2.maladjusted - emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationshipsmaladjusted - emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
disturbed
psychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder
3.maladjusted - not well adjustedmaladjusted - not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"
unadjusted - not altered to fit certain requirements; "an unadjusted figure of 8.5 percent"; "the unadjusted clock is running fast";
maladjusted
adjective disturbed, hung-up (slang), alienated, unstable, estranged, neurotic a school for maladjusted children
Translations
maladjusted [ˈmæləˈdʒʌstɪd] ADJ (Psych) → inadaptado
maladjusted [ˌmæləˈdʒʌstɪd] adj → inadapté(e)
maladjusted
adj (Psych, Sociol) → verhaltensgestört; psychologically maladjusted → verhaltensgestört; emotionally maladjusted → emotional gestört; maladjusted youths → fehlangepasste or nicht angepasste Jugendliche pl
maladjusted [ˌmæləˈdʒʌstɪd] adj (Psych) → disadattato/a
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