Difference between Maladjusted and Disturbed

What is the difference between Maladjusted and Disturbed?

Maladjusted as an adjective is badly adjusted to the demands and stresses of daily living; unable to cope. while Disturbed as an adjective is showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.

Maladjusted

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Badly adjusted to the demands and stresses of daily living; unable to cope.

Disturbed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.

Example sentence: If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don't regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed.

We hope you now know whether to use Maladjusted or Disturbed in your sentence.

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