maladjusted

Example Sentences

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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

When Ida arrives at her aunt’s abode, she’s suddenly surrounded by her male cousins, two temperamental, maladjusted dudes and an eerily composed third.

From New York Times