maladjusted
adjective
mal·ad·just·ed
ˌma-lə-ˈjə-stəd 
: poorly or inadequately adjusted
specifically
: lacking harmony with one's environment from failure to adjust one's desires to the conditions of one's life
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So what lies ahead for the most maladjusted characters in the entire TGIT lineup?
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2019
The maladjusted lothario also has many a dalliance with a particular strain of misogyny: the cutting and manipulative digs at past lovers that some of the rapper’s fans rush to freebase.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018
What kind of maladjusted narcissist thinks being credited with a $3.1 billion fortune is unfair?
—Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Oct. 2017
Brie Larson plays the adult Jeannette and does a compelling job in conveying a woman torn between her disturbing, maladjusted childhood and her independent life as a successful magazine writer in New York City.
—Cincinnati.com, 6 Sep. 2017
She has been dinged up a few times: a red chest from a maladjusted pack and a thorn in her foot pad.
—Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 July 2017
Alongside the traditional sheet music and socially maladjusted students are electronic keyboards, mixing software, and MIDI files.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2004
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2019
The maladjusted lothario also has many a dalliance with a particular strain of misogyny: the cutting and manipulative digs at past lovers that some of the rapper’s fans rush to freebase.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018
What kind of maladjusted narcissist thinks being credited with a $3.1 billion fortune is unfair?
—Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Oct. 2017
Brie Larson plays the adult Jeannette and does a compelling job in conveying a woman torn between her disturbing, maladjusted childhood and her independent life as a successful magazine writer in New York City.
—Cincinnati.com, 6 Sep. 2017
She has been dinged up a few times: a red chest from a maladjusted pack and a thorn in her foot pad.
—Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 July 2017
Alongside the traditional sheet music and socially maladjusted students are electronic keyboards, mixing software, and MIDI files.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2004
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maladjusted
adjective
mal·ad·just·ed
ˌmal-ə-ˈjəs-təd
: not well adjusted especially to one's environment
socially maladjusted persons
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