misadjust

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verb

To adjust wrongly or unsuitably.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

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

present singular third person misadjusts · participle present misadjusting · participle past misadjusted · past misadjusted

  1. transitiveTo adjust wrongly or unsuitably.

    following the daily routine of Scripture lessons in the track of the misadjusted order

    1861, Isaac Taylor, The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry

Origin

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