maladjustive

An obsolete adjective describing something that is poorly adapted or adjusted to a situation or environment.

• 🇵🇹Adjetivo pouco usado que descreve algo ou alguém mal ajustado ou mal adaptado a uma situação ou ambiente.

1. Poorly adjusted C1 formal

   Describing a person or behavior that fails to adapt effectively to social, environmental, or psychological demands.

   • His maladjustive behavior made it difficult to keep a job.
   • The therapist identified several maladjustive patterns in her thinking.
   • Children from unstable homes may develop maladjustive coping strategies.

   🇵🇹Mal ajustado

   Sinônimos: inadequatemaladjustednonadaptiveunadaptedunfit

   Antônimos: adaptableadaptiveadjustive

• more maladjustive comparative form
• most maladjustive superlative form