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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  • What homeowners insurance covers after wildfire smoke exposure If wildfire smoke damages your property, homeowners insurance is typically the first place to turn.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • The lenses are replaceable, too, in case a bad fall damages them.
    — Brad Bourque, The Verge, 18 July 2026
Definition of damages
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  • Punishment should be reserved for the guilty, not the sick, and postpartum psychosis, by definition, impairs a mother’s ability to process reality.
    — Uruj Kamal Haider, Time, 21 July 2026
  • That sounds simple, but leaders who are highly activated are often the least accurate at assessing their own state—the same activation that impairs judgment also impairs the ability to perceive that judgment is impaired.
    — Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of impairs
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  • But the captain also revealed, a few days on from the defeat to Argentina in Atlanta, how much Wednesday night still hurts the players.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Research shows heat hurts cognitive performance, including reaction time and decision-making.
    — Laura Schifter, Time, 17 July 2026
Definition of hurts
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  • According to their study, these thin-film solar cells held onto over 90 percent of their original efficiency after being exposed to a harsh reverse bias of minus 40 volts, which usually harms standard thin-film solar cells.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
  • Far from being a resolution to moving past trauma, Stevens said, the forgive-and-forget doctrine likely harms victims more.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 20 July 2026
Definition of harms
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  • Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone?
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Definition of injures
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