maladjustedadj.
/ˌmaləˈdʒʌstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈˌmæləˈdʒəstəd/ Inadequately or imperfectly adjusted; exhibiting or characterized by psychological maladjustment.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > badly adjusted
misadjusted1860
maladjusted1868
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > psychopathy > sociopathy or maladjustment
maladjusted1868
sociopathic1917
1868 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. 4/4 An interest which, even in its present independent, unorganized, maladjusted condition, is having a tremendous effect upon the national prosperity.
1886 W. Graham Social Probl. 18 Society..maladjusted and ‘out of joint’ in its social relations and parts.
1930 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (ed. 8) xiii. 564 Ways of helping maladjusted individuals.
1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 32 Where did she get this magpie streak from? Can she be maladjusted?
1970 R. C. Carson Interaction Concepts of Personality vi. 203 The families from which maladjusted persons emerge.
1991 D. Gaines Teenage Wasteland vi. 137 The socially maladjusted boys lived in one world while they were expected to be part of another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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