maladjusted

adj.

1. Poorly adjusted: a maladjusted carburetor.
2. Inadequately adjusted to the demands or stresses of daily living.

(măl'ə-jus'tĭd)
adj.

Inadequately adjusted to the demands or stresses of daily living.

IN BRIEF: Not able to fit happily into the life around one.

The child felt maladjusted for a time when he first arrived at his new school.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: (psychology) poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living
  Antonym: adjusted (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
  Synonym: disturbed

Meaning #3: not well adjusted

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dårligt tilpasset

Nederlands (Dutch)
gedragsgestoord, onaangepast

Français (French)
adj. - (Psych) inadapté

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verhaltensgestört

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απροσάρμοστος, δυσπροσάρμοστος

Italiano (Italian)
disadattato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mal-ajustado

Русский (Russian)
неотрегулированный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inadaptado, mal adaptado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - feljusterad, missanpassad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
失调的, 不适应环境的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 失調的, 不適應環境的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 적응하지 못한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 調節の悪い, 環境に適応しえない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سيء التوافق, يعوزه الانسجام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מסתגל, לא מתאים‬

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