maladjusted

Questions about maladjusted

What does maladjusted mean?

maladjusted means "poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in maladjusted?

maladjusted has 4 syllables: mal-ad-jus-ted. The stress falls on "jus". In IPA it is /ˌmæləˈdʒʌstɪd/.

What is another word for maladjusted?

Close synonyms include disturbed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of maladjusted?

The recorded antonyms are adjusted.

Is maladjusted a common word?

maladjusted is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with maladjusted?

2 words rhyme with maladjusted. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.