misadjusted

past tense of misadjust

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misadjusted
Verb
  • The 35-year-old is severely hearing impaired and has limited ability to speak.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Clausen allegedly had five of eight possible clues of driving while impaired during a walk and turn test, including losing balance while walking and starting before being told to begin, according to court documents.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The sauna business will launch at Hart Park months after historic August flooding damaged and closed much of the 52-acre park, which is located on a floodplain.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Stop Fertilizing Fertilizing prompts new growth, and fall isn’t the time for crepe myrtle trees or shrubs to focus on developing new branches and leaves that can be damaged by winter freezes.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Frazier Rehabilitation Institute In 1929, Amelia Brown Frazier, George Garvin Brown’s granddaughter, was injured in an automobile accident that changed her life forever.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Police are responding to a shooting that left multiple people injured at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the school’s Homecoming weekend.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If they were considered unimportant to the team’s chances of success, Zidane and Ancelotti did not worry too much if their feelings got hurt.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This week's episode began with the announcement that Elaine Hendrix, star of the 1998 version of The Parent Trap, would be unable to compete in the competition that evening, after hurting her rib during rehearsals the same morning.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Misadjusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadjusted. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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