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Recent Examples of maladjusted
Life without either, the pair determine, has left Leonora morose, maladjusted and desperate to claw her way back to the road not taken.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
Unlike the coolly impassive Pop artists, the Who weren’t afraid to get personal, or to let their art echo the anxious, kinky, maladjusted yammering in their own heads.
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Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Winton, the class clown and semi-pariah who fits the stereotype of the clingy, maladjusted product of a broken home.
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Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Tapping celebrity guests like A$AP Rocky and Tame Impala for an album of silky cosmic funk, Thundercat channels the id of the geeky, emotionally maladjusted loner.
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Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
For the blessedly unaware, gooning is when maladjusted young men consume immense, overstimulating amounts of pornography and masturbate for hours on end to reach some kind of transcendent release.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
An elderly man, adjusting to the recent death of his beloved wife, meets a brilliant yet maladjusted teenager in a cemetery.
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The Know,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
Nothing spoils a Sunday afternoon outside with the family quite like your youngest child being carried off by a horde of maladjusted howler monkeys.
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Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
So what lies ahead for the most maladjusted characters in the entire TGIT lineup?
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Sep. 2019
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
Unlike the coolly impassive Pop artists, the Who weren’t afraid to get personal, or to let their art echo the anxious, kinky, maladjusted yammering in their own heads.
—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Winton, the class clown and semi-pariah who fits the stereotype of the clingy, maladjusted product of a broken home.
—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Tapping celebrity guests like A$AP Rocky and Tame Impala for an album of silky cosmic funk, Thundercat channels the id of the geeky, emotionally maladjusted loner.
—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
For the blessedly unaware, gooning is when maladjusted young men consume immense, overstimulating amounts of pornography and masturbate for hours on end to reach some kind of transcendent release.
—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
An elderly man, adjusting to the recent death of his beloved wife, meets a brilliant yet maladjusted teenager in a cemetery.
—
The Know,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
Nothing spoils a Sunday afternoon outside with the family quite like your youngest child being carried off by a horde of maladjusted howler monkeys.
—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
So what lies ahead for the most maladjusted characters in the entire TGIT lineup?
—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maladjusted
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Desperate to soothe symptoms caused by unbalanced hormones, women are turning to a TikTok trend that recommends combining allergy medication and antacids to treat conditions like PMS or menopause.
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But for a team hoping to go big-game hunting, the balance between what’s being acquired and what’s being given up looks greatly unbalanced — depending on the team making the offer sheet, of course.
Adjective
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Granted, there are some people who are so disturbed, their views cannot be reconciled into a healing solution.
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After Nijinsky began to show signs of schizophrenia, this mask, or persona, grew disturbed.
Adjective
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Play was held up after some upset fans threw things onto the field after the controversial offside call.
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Usually, when the USMNT enters the knockout stage in the World Cup, they’re considered the underdogs, hoping to be scrappy to force an upset.
Adjective
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People with heat stroke can feel confused, unable to speak properly and agitated.
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However, first base umpire Todd Tichenor tossed the agitated second baseman after Chisholm spiked his helmet toward home plate.
Adjective
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But the rub this time is the introduction of Varang (Oona Chaplin), an unhinged leader of a tribe who allies herself with human villains.
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Cruz plays a therapist based on Perel, albeit one who comes off unhinged.
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“Maladjusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maladjusted. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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