misadjust

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misadjust
Verb
  • The actress was not impaired by drugs at the time of her crash, per a report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner which was obtained by PEOPLE.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In animal studies that informed human treatments for PTSD, scientists observed that high levels of stress hormones, like norepinephrine, impair the prefrontal cortex, which is the brain’s center for decision-making and self-control.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Extreme heat in 2023 had damaged the quality of rice, causing an acute shortage last year that was exacerbated by the government’s misreading of supply and demand.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Only one public building was damaged in Lincoln, according to Chief of Staff Rhonda Hulse.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dana locked up items that Elliott could use to harm himself.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The jellyfish boom can harm ecosystems and marine industries, said Bayha, who has studied the animals for more than 20 years and helped identify a nettle species.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Neither featured again, their abrupt omission clearly hurting two players who had done so much to get Wrexham up and running again after being brought together following Palmer’s arrival in January 2022 from Wimbledon in a club record £300,000 deal.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
  • While Gonzalez has yet to practice since hurting his left leg two weeks ago, the injury does not appear to be overly serious.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, Friesen was severely injured in an accident during the Super DIRTcar Series race at Canada’s Autodrome Drummond last weekend.
    Joseph Wolkin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • One of the Yankees’ pre-trade deadline pickups is already injured.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Misadjust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadjust. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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