MISADJUSTING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

misadjusting

verb

present participle of misadjust

as in damaging

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This includes significant flooding of coastal beaches, walkways and roads, and potentially damaging some structures.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Elon Musk hung on to power after badly damaging Tesla’s reputation during his stint in politics.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

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Owen did not directly answer Heytens’s hypothetical question, instead insisting that the law at the center of the lawsuit was a violation of the contracts clause of the Constitution, which bars states from passing laws impairing public contracts.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
This may affect the ability to focus on the environment, especially during movement and changes in direction, thereby impairing balance.

— Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2026

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The express trains would skip local stops in most communities, offering zero service to residents along the rail line while potentially hurting state and federal funding for existing systems such as the CTA and Metra that serve actual commuters.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Google's problem is that chatbots are becoming an alternative to search, leading consumers to click far fewer blue links and hurting Google's ad revenue.

— Ari Levy, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

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Earlier this week, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country's military forces had experienced limits on Starshield without warning again, harming their ability to defend against Russia's ongoing aerial attacks.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
Ra’am now wants to join the government Segalovitz acknowledged that his background was part of his appeal yet said his larger goal was to break down barriers harming Israeli society.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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In Paris, rioters targeted police with Molotov cocktails at the end of Saturday’s march on the city’s eastern edge, injuring three officers and setting a car ablaze, police said.

— Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Several days later, a commuter train near Barcelona derailed, killing the driver and injuring dozens of other people.

— Hernan Muñoz, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026

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