misadjusting

verb

Definition of misadjustingnext
present participle of misadjust
as in damaging

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  1. impairing
  2. harming
  3. injuring
Verb
  • Moan was charged with risk of injury/impairing the morals of a child, enticing a minor by computer, misrepresentation of age to entice a minor, and tampering with physical evidence, police said in a press release.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Tamara Johnson, 37, of Waterbury turned herself in last Thursday on one felony count of risk of injury to a minor/impairing the morals of a minor, according to the Meriden Police Department.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of impairing
Verb
  • Residents and businesses cannot afford for the city to continue to be a greater outlier, risk harming our ability to recruit top talent and investments and send the wrong message to growing industries looking to build or grow in Chicago.
    Jack Lavin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The latest episode of Newsweek's Horizons podcast investigates the most promising ways to reduce the flood of plastic waste clogging waterways, threatening human health and harming ocean ecosystems.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of harming
Verb
  • Police in Pennsylvania are searching for a man charged with breaking into a home in a Philadelphia suburb, fatally shooting a 25-year-old man and injuring a woman.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • During his appearance on the podcast, Freeman also spoke about injuring himself on the set of David Fincher's thriller movie, Se7en.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of injuring
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