misaligned
Not lined up
Misaligned means not properly aligned—out of position relative to where something should be.
Car wheels can be misaligned, causing uneven tire wear.
Spinal vertebrae become misaligned.
The term extends to abstract contexts: misaligned incentives, misaligned expectations.
In AI discourse, a misaligned system pursues goals that diverge from what its designers intended.
Asymmetrically shifted
off-center · uneven · awry · offset · angled · shifted · displaced · warped
Not set to standard
- desynchronizedNo longer in unison
- decenteredRemoved from central position
- unregisteredNot formally recorded
- miscalibratedImproperly adjusted for accuracy
drifted · offset · untuned · aberrated · defocused · skewed · deviated · untrue
Incompatible with each other
- incompatibleUnable to exist together
- at-oddsIn a state of conflict
- divergentDeviating from the norm
- discordantLacking musical agreement
clashing · inconsistent · contradictory · opposing · incongruent · discrepant · irreconcilable · contrary
Not in harmony
- incompatibleUnable to exist together
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
- contraryOpposed in nature
opposing · clashing · dissonant · inconsistent · at-odds · divergent · irreconcilable · contradictory
Separated from a source
- divergentDeviating from the norm
- incompatibleUnable to exist together
- out-of-syncNot coordinated together
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
cross-purposes · incongruent · disjointed · decoupled · fractured · siloed · uncoordinated · disharmonious
skewed
Asymmetrically shifted
askew · off-center · uneven · awry · offset · angled · shifted · displaced · warped · distorted
uncalibrated
Not set to standard
- desynchronizedNo longer in unison
- decenteredRemoved from central position
- unregisteredNot formally recorded
miscalibrated · drifted · offset · untuned · aberrated · defocused · skewed · deviated · untrue · out-of-phase
conflicting
Incompatible with each other
- incompatibleUnable to exist together
- at-oddsIn a state of conflict
- divergentDeviating from the norm
discordant · clashing · inconsistent · contradictory · opposing · incongruent · discrepant · irreconcilable · contrary · dissonant
incongruent
Not in harmony
- incompatibleUnable to exist together
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
contrary · opposing · clashing · dissonant · inconsistent · at-odds · divergent · irreconcilable · contradictory · antithetical
disconnected
Separated from a source
- divergentDeviating from the norm
- incompatibleUnable to exist together
- out-of-syncNot coordinated together
conflicting · cross-purposes · incongruent · disjointed · decoupled · fractured · siloed · uncoordinated · disharmonious · inconsistent
- arrangementsarrangement, orchestration, arranged, array, configuration
- distortedwarped, twisted, bent, contorted, crooked
- off targetoff target, off-target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide
- positionedplaced, positioned, situated, located, set
- misalignmentoff-center, displaced, crooked, off-kilter, skew
- clumsyclumsy, awkward, bumbling, bungling, fumbling
misalignedaligned
Arranged in proper position
in sync · in agreement · harmonized · unified · on the same page
- misaligned jawImproper bite positioning
misalignment, misalign, misaligns, misalignments, misaligning