maladjusted

/mˈælɐd‍ʒˌʌstɪd/

/ˌmæɫəˈdʒəstɪd/

[adjective]

maladjusted

[ADJECTIVE]

poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living

antonyms : adjusted

(of a person) characterized by being emotionally unstable and incapable of coping with the demands of a normal social environment

synonyms : disturbed

not well adjusted

Examples

1. If an audience identifies with maladjusted characters, there has to be a reason.

2. You talk about maladjusted.

3. Eastern India, sometime in the fifth century BC A wealthy young Indian prince, Siddhartha Gautama, later known as The Buddha, The Enlightened One, comes to a key realization about human beings: all of us are deeply maladjusted, unhappy creatures.

4. I fell batshit, head over heels, crazy in love with the most maladjusted, toxic girl I could possibly find, but when you're 20, you're like, "They're the hottest."