MISADJUSTING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

misadjusting

verb

present participle of misadjust

as in damaging

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The strikes hit 12 locations across Kyiv’s Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts, damaging residential buildings, a medical facility and an educational institution.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Oracle, for its part, argues that Project Jupiter will create massive investment for the region without damaging the environment.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of damaging

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Chronic stress also reshapes the prefrontal cortex, impairing our ability to manage stress overall.

— Erin Clabough, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Researchers found that even a few days of a high-fat diet resembling cheeseburgers and fries disrupted CCK interneurons in the hippocampus, impairing memory.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

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This raised the possibility of improper interference with the Armenian electoral process, possibly also hurting reconciliation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

— Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Because that’s obviously hurting jobs and the film community in America.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurting

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The concerns that led to the committee being created 44 years ago – fears about krill fishing harming krill-dependent Antarctic wildlife – have not diminished over the decades.

— Kim S. Bernard, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, local and federal authorities have launched antitrust probes to investigate how Compass may be harming real estate markets.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of harming

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The victim ran away screaming for help, injuring her leg during the ordeal, Smith said.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
In Gary, Superintendent Yvonne Stokes said damage to schools was minimal except for a tree at the West Side Leadership Academy which fell and crashed through window injuring an employee.

— Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

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