"maladjusted" meaning in English

See maladjusted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more maladjusted [comparative], most maladjusted [superlative]
Etymology: mal- + adjusted Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|adjusted}} mal- + adjusted Head templates: {{en-adj}} maladjusted (comparative more maladjusted, superlative most maladjusted)
  1. Adjusted badly or wrongly.
    Sense id: en-maladjusted-en-adj-BZjF5ZVT
  2. Badly adjusted to the demands and stresses of daily living; unable to cope. Translations (Badly adjusted, unable to cope): неприспособен (neprisposoben) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-maladjusted-en-adj-ew2CJReg Disambiguation of 'Badly adjusted, unable to cope': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} maladjusted
  1. simple past and past participle of maladjust Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: maladjust
    Sense id: en-maladjusted-en-verb-UjILJ800 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mal- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 80 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mal-: 16 20 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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