misadjusts

verb

present tense third-person singular of misadjust
as in damages

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  1. damages
  2. impairs
  3. hurts
  4. harms
  5. injures
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  • The bleeding increases pressure inside the skull and damages brain tissue.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Nor'easter damages towns at Jersey Shore New Jersey State Police emergency management officials used a drone Monday to survey the damage along the promenade.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of damages
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  • The Science Behind The Concept Research indicates that music reduces cortisol levels​, the stress hormone that impairs decision-making and dampens focus.
    — Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The BBBofC also observes that just a two per cent loss of body fluid impairs performance while 10 per cent can cause circulatory failure and heat stroke.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of impairs
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  • The Popular Party argues that regulation hurts investment when Spain needs hundreds of thousands of new homes.
    — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Pressed on whether a blanket characterization hurts his members, Steffee did not equivocate.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurts
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  • Cadmium is classified as a human carcinogen and harms the kidneys and bones.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Jains typically do not eat root vegetables because harvesting them destroys the whole plant and harms life-forms around it.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of harms
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  • The agency defines an attack as an incident where a bear injures or kills a person.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2026
  • This pest injures the host plant by using its piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of injures
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“Misadjusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadjusts. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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