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Synonyms for maladjusted

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for maladjusted

poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living

emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships

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not well adjusted

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Normal (n=30), Maladjusted (n=30), Neurotic (n=30) and Psychotic (n=50).
The ideals of the maladjusted are high in three chief respects.
The purpose of this article is to discuss the relationship between categories of normality and mental health from four antithetical pairs: adapted/ maladjusted, health/ disease, statistical normality/ statistical abnormality and wellness/ discomfort, pointing out some theoretical and practical implications arising from each one of them.
The man, who said he had been taken to the school because he was 'maladjusted', was yesterday cross-examined about the details of his allegations by Merrick's barrister.
THE KING OF DEVIL'S ISLAND (12A) CAST: Stellan Skarsgard, Benjamin Helstad, Kristoffer Joner PLOT: Based on a true story, Bastoy is a 'school for maladjusted young boys' in the early 20th century.
Are they criminal, ethically impaired, maladjusted, lazy, poor, middle class, wealthy, socialists?
Its marginal inhabitants include a cluster of feral, homeless teenagers, all psychologically maladjusted in one way or another, all either posing a threat or seeming to.
He cites the last three generations for negligent parenting and points to leniency and a degradation of family morality as the reasons behind "today's homeless mentally unbalanced drug dependent crack babies unwed mothers welfare dependents abandoned children jail inmates functional illiterates 'ADHD' children and other physically and mentally maladjusted individuals."
She was assessed informally (using the Mental Status Examination and subjective ratings on several maladjusted behaviors) and formally (using Beck's Depression Inventory, Rotter's Incomplete Sentence Blank and the House Tree Person test).
"Our national administrations are seeking safety in the comfort of regulation that is totally maladjusted to the current situation," complained Lamoureux, who is also a vice-president at the French defence and aerospace group Thales.
For instance if it is accepted that 'social problems resulted from "bad" people- maladjusted people who were abnormal because of mental deficiency, mental disorder, lack of education, or incomplete socialization'.
These cowardly types would rather we all attended an outdoor workshop building yurts out of discarded raincoats to raise money for socially maladjusted koalas than actually venture out into the city for a jolly good night out.
More and more they are proving themselves to be maladjusted to this globalized era and incapable of dealing with its repercussions.
While the disabled Mark needs care and attention that Jeannie is only too happy to give, Tim (Khan Chittenden) has been so cowed by his overprotective mother that he's become a socially maladjusted virgin.