"maladjust" meaning in English

See maladjust in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: maladjusts [present, singular, third-person], maladjusting [participle, present], maladjusted [participle, past], maladjusted [past]
Etymology: mal- + adjust Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|adjust}} mal- + adjust Head templates: {{en-verb}} maladjust (third-person singular simple present maladjusts, present participle maladjusting, simple past and past participle maladjusted)
  1. (transitive) To adjust badly or wrongly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-maladjust-en-verb-7pFH0Sf6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mal-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for maladjust meaning in English (1.1kB)

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