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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
maladjusted
adjective
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▪ A large proportion of the children who are television addicts are already maladjusted.
▪ He's in the right age bracket, forty-five, and from his responses today he would seem to be sexually maladjusted.
▪ It offers special education facilities for children who are maladjusted, usually those referred by the child guidance clinics.
▪ Years ago, people might have called them selfish, lonely or maladjusted because they were only children.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
maladjusted

1846, from mal- + adjusted (see adjust).

Wiktionary
maladjusted

a. Badly adjusted to the demands and stresses of daily living; unable to cope.

WordNet
maladjusted

  1. adj. poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child" [ant: adjusted]

  2. emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships [syn: disturbed]

  3. not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"

Wikipedia
Maladjusted

Maladjusted is the sixth studio album by English alternative rock singer Morrissey, released on 11 August 1997 by record label Island.

The album received a lukewarm reception from fans and critics alike, and was Morrissey's last studio album for seven years.

Usage examples of "maladjusted".

You're one of the multitude of maladjusted AI-directed units that's been running amuck in search of advanced nonhuman intelligences.

You're one of the multitude of maladjusted Al-directed units that's been running amuck in search of advanced nonhuman intelligences.

Nowadays it is the maladjusted lives and the complexes which bring a boy and girl together.