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Maladjustment

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Maladjustment is a noun meaning A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.

Meaning

A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.

More Meanings

  1. (psychology) The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unsuitability, inadequacy, misadjustment, underadjustment, malalignment, maloperation.

unsuitabilityinadequacymisadjustmentunderadjustmentmalalignmentmaloperationmisallowancemalfunctioningmalfunctionmisrepairmisworkmisbalancemiscalibrationundershiftmalarrangementmisassemblymisattunementdefectmaladaption

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