English

maladjust

From mal- + adjust.

Formed from mal- + adjust

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Middle English ajusten

English adjust

Today it means

verb To adjust badly or wrongly.

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