misadjust

English

Etymology

mis- + adjust

Verb

misadjust (third-person singular simple present misadjusts, present participle misadjusting, simple past and past participle misadjusted)

  1. (transitive) To adjust wrongly or unsuitably.
    • 1861, Isaac Taylor, The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry:
      following the daily routine of Scripture lessons in the track of the misadjusted order

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