misadjusted

verb

Definition of misadjustednext
past tense of misadjust
as in impaired

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  1. impaired
  2. damaged
  3. injured
  4. hurt
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  • For the hearing impaired, select rooms feature visual fire alarms plus signals for telephone ringing and door knocking.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was suspended for six games and fined $500,000 following a guilty plea to driving while impaired in 2014.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of impaired
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  • Merz and Zelenskyy visited a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv that was damaged in a Russian attack that killed two people on Monday, as air raid sirens sounded across the capital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Strikes on Kyiv’s bridges continue Russian attacks damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge over the Dnieper River again on Sunday.
    — Susie Blann, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of damaged
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  • On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp north of the Gaza Strip killed one and injured several others, Gaza's Health Ministry said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Police received a call about a person injured by gunfire, local police chief Vasil Kostadinov said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of injured
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  • The autistic girl had stopped hurting herself by banging her head on the floor when she was frustrated.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • But his legacy was also marred by the discovery of his elaborate shielding of his wealth from taxes through shell companies, which experts say may have hurt the growth of his nation.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurt
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“Misadjusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadjusted. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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