misadjusts

verb

present tense third-person singular of misadjust
as in damages

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  1. damages
  2. impairs
  3. hurts
  4. harms
  5. injures
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  • The bleeding increases pressure inside the skull and damages brain tissue.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Nor'easter damages towns at Jersey Shore New Jersey State Police emergency management officials used a drone Monday to survey the damage along the promenade.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of damages
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  • The Science Behind The Concept Research indicates that music reduces cortisol levels​, the stress hormone that impairs decision-making and dampens focus.
    — Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The BBBofC also observes that just a two per cent loss of body fluid impairs performance while 10 per cent can cause circulatory failure and heat stroke.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of impairs
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  • Losing the ability to fly fast drones, by contrast, hurts Ukraine right now—and hands Russia an immediate advantage in the skies.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Washington is coming off a brutal tie against the Giants (a game that somehow had even worse coaching) and, yes, the overtime hurts.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurts
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  • Europe has long charged Beijing with deflating the yuan, by perhaps as much as 30%, and pursuing a policy of industrial overcapacity that harms European industries.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Research shows homelessness harms children, disrupting brain development and growth and leading to permanent changes in the brain and body.
    — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of harms
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  • The agency defines an attack as an incident where a bear injures or kills a person.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2026
  • This pest injures the host plant by using its piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
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“Misadjusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadjusts. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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