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maladjusted

adjective as in maladapted

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Set up in 1966 for "maladjusted" boys, children would be sent to Berrow Wood in the hope of receiving an education.

From BBC

Her equally maladjusted parents, her close circle of blunt friends, her lovers and, most importantly, her children bring her the comfort that she has long been searching for.

From Salon

It is time to serve as that creatively maladjusted, transformed minority.

From Salon

The school was set up in 1966 for "maladjusted" boys - those regarded as troublemakers who, very often, had difficult home lives.

From BBC

From the Western perspective, East Asians might appear excessively polite in their attention to social ties or could seem disengaged or even depressed or maladjusted in their ambivalence toward self-promotion and initiative.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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