maladjusted

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Recent Examples of maladjusted So what lies ahead for the most maladjusted characters in the entire TGIT lineup? Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2019 The maladjusted lothario also has many a dalliance with a particular strain of misogyny: the cutting and manipulative digs at past lovers that some of the rapper’s fans rush to freebase. Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018 What kind of maladjusted narcissist thinks being credited with a $3.1 billion fortune is unfair? Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Oct. 2017 Brie Larson plays the adult Jeannette and does a compelling job in conveying a woman torn between her disturbing, maladjusted childhood and her independent life as a successful magazine writer in New York City. Cincinnati.com, 6 Sep. 2017 She has been dinged up a few times: a red chest from a maladjusted pack and a thorn in her foot pad. Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 July 2017 Alongside the traditional sheet music and socially maladjusted students are electronic keyboards, mixing software, and MIDI files. Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2004
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maladjusted
Adjective
  • For instance, carrying too much weight or an unbalanced load can put stress on your shoulders, spine, knees, and other joints.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
  • This is followed by a full moon in Cancer on the 13th, which will further illuminate these emotional dynamics, challenging you to release anything that feels draining or unbalanced in your close connections.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • After Cornell's burial on the farm, a disturbed Dr. Wilbur revealed to Durfee what Cornell had told him: Avery had assaulted her at a camp meeting that August.
    Melissa Gray, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Many clients are anxious and disturbed, not only because relatives’ flights have been canceled, but because of other actions the administration has already taken to clamp down on immigration.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Will Lyles prove his dominance, or can Jacobs pull off another upset?
    Kilty Cleary, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Lucas Boze had 22 points in the Gold Coast League upset for Crossroads.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Gilbert likely gained some valuable experience dealing with politically agitated people by once serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild and by briefly running for Congress in 2015.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • About an hour into the conversation, the founder seemed agitated.
    Marc Stad, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • His makeshift solution is a thankless job helping an art critic (a gloriously unhinged Tilda Swinton) assemble the works of her cryogenically frozen husband (RZA).
    Jason Bailey, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In Danny Boyle’s marvelously unhinged 1997 lovers-on-the-lam confection A Life Less Ordinary, Diaz plays Celine, an heiress who’s kidnapped by a hapless janitor, Ewan McGregor’s Robert.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Maladjusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maladjusted. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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