Maladjusted — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living

emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈælɐdʒˌʌstᵻd/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈalɐdʒˌʌstɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈalɐdʒˌʌstɪd/

4 syllables Say it as /mˈælɐdʒˌʌstᵻd/.

Examples

a maladjusted child
a maladjusted carburetor

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disturbed

Antonyms

adjusted

Parts of Speech

adjective	poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living “a maladjusted child”
adjective	emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
adjective	not well adjusted “a maladjusted carburetor”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unangepasst

schlecht an die Anforderungen und Belastungen des täglichen Lebens angepasst

🇫🇷French

inadapté

mal adapté aux exigences et au stress de la vie quotidienne

🇪🇸Spanish

inadaptado

mal adaptado a las demandas y tensiones de la vida diaria

🇮🇹Italian

disadattato

scarsamente adattato alle esigenze e allo stress della vita quotidiana

🇳🇱Dutch

onaangepast

slecht aangepast aan de eisen en stress van het dagelijks leven

🇵🇹Portuguese

desajustado

mal ajustado às demandas e estresses da vida diária

🇷🇺Russian

неадаптированный

плохо приспособлен к требованиям и стрессам повседневной жизни

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असमान

दैनिक जीवन की माँगों और तनावों के प्रति ख़राब समायोजन

🇧🇩Bengali

বিকৃত

দৈনন্দিন জীবনযাত্রার চাহিদা এবং চাপের সাথে খারাপভাবে সামঞ্জস্য করা

🇮🇳Tamil

தவறாக சரிசெய்யப்பட்டது

அன்றாட வாழ்க்கையின் தேவைகள் மற்றும் அழுத்தங்களுக்கு மோசமாக சரிசெய்யப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

తప్పుగా సరిదిద్దబడింది

రోజువారీ జీవన డిమాండ్లు మరియు ఒత్తిళ్లకు పేలవంగా సర్దుబాటు చేయబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

अयोग्य

दैनंदिन जीवनातील मागण्या आणि ताणतणावांशी खराब जुळवून घेतले

🇮🇳Gujarati

અવ્યવસ્થિત

રોજિંદા જીવનની માંગ અને તાણ માટે નબળી રીતે ગોઠવાયેલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸಮರ್ಪಕ

ದೈನಂದಿನ ಜೀವನದ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಒತ್ತಡಗಳಿಗೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തെറ്റായി ക്രമീകരിച്ചു

ദൈനംദിന ജീവിതത്തിൻ്റെ ആവശ്യങ്ങളോടും സമ്മർദ്ദങ്ങളോടും മോശമായി പൊരുത്തപ്പെട്ടു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਰਾਬ

ਰੋਜ਼ਾਨਾ ਜੀਵਨ ਦੀਆਂ ਮੰਗਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਤਣਾਅ ਲਈ ਮਾੜੇ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਅਨੁਕੂਲਿਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

غلط ایڈجسٹ

روزمرہ کی زندگی کے مطالبات اور تناؤ کے ساتھ ناقص ایڈجسٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不适应的

无法适应日常生活的需求和压力

🇯🇵Japanese

不適応

日常生活の要求やストレスにうまく適応できていない

🇰🇷Korean

부적응

일상생활의 요구와 스트레스에 제대로 적응하지 못함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bị điều chỉnh sai

kém thích ứng với nhu cầu và căng thẳng của cuộc sống hàng ngày

🇹🇭Thai

ปรับไม่ถูกต้อง

ปรับให้เข้ากับความต้องการและความเครียดในชีวิตประจำวันได้ไม่ดี

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak dapat menyesuaikan diri

kurang mampu menyesuaikan diri dengan tuntutan dan tekanan kehidupan sehari-hari

🇲🇾Malay

salah laras

kurang disesuaikan dengan tuntutan dan tekanan kehidupan seharian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير منسجم

- عدم التكيف مع متطلبات وضغوط الحياة اليومية

🇮🇷Persian

ناسازگار

سازگاری ضعیفی با خواسته ها و استرس های زندگی روزمره دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

uyumsuz

günlük yaşamın taleplerine ve streslerine yeterince uyum sağlayamama

🇮🇱Hebrew

לא מותאם

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