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

Related terms

• disadjust

References

• “misadjust”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.