maladjusted

American  

[mal-uh-juhs-tid] / ˌmæl əˈdʒʌs tɪd /

adjective

1. badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of maladjusted

First recorded in 1880–85; mal- + adjusted

Example Sentences

When Ida arrives at her aunt’s abode, she’s suddenly surrounded by her male cousins, two temperamental, maladjusted dudes and an eerily composed third.

From New York Times

"Party politics in this country draw ambitious but ultimately isolated, even socially maladjusted men and women who, given the current cancel culture, will likely have their shortcoming exposed and magnified," Baldwin added.

From Fox News

I refused to go that route, for one reason: I knew there would be messes that I’d never use a kitchen towel to clean, such as those occasional “accidents” from our maladjusted mutts.

From Washington Post

Clearly, there’s something abnormal — or at least maladjusted — about a mindset that welcomes blankets of fog, clumps of moss and cases of the damp shivers.

From Seattle Times

If you believe the negative stereotypes, only children are innately insular and maladjusted.

From The Guardian