adjusted
- adjective
- /əˈdʒʌstɪd/
- Having supportive friends helped him turn into a welladjusted person despite his difficult upbringing.
They all say they're so much happier now, they're so much better adjusted.
- They all say they're so much happier now, they're so much better adjusted.
- They're becoming adjusted to your speaking parameters, to your vocal parameters, and they're not ready for a joke.
- Or at least being fairly well adjusted in, in many respects.
Examples
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And then you've added another child to the home, another family member that's younger and he hasn't adjusted well to that.
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You'd have been so much freer, probably be a much better adjusted person, wouldn't you?
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And yeah, sounds like another well adjusted, nice person.
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I was in the most well adjusted dream.
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After years of therapy, she finally became a welladjusted individual who could handle life's challenges.
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She is remarkably welladjusted, handling stress at work with ease and maintaining strong relationships.
Synonyms
Emotionally healthy and able to handle daily life problems
Antonyms
How Adjusted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adjusted used about a person comes from the parts ad- 'to' and just 'right', so it carries the idea of 'making things right'. A well-adjusted person has found the right balance and fits well into their situation.