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Webster 1913 Edition


Maladjustment

Malˊad-just′ment

,
Noun.
[
Mal-
+
adjustment
.]
A bad adjustment.

Definition 2024


maladjustment

maladjustment

English

Noun

maladjustment (countable and uncountable, plural maladjustments)

  1. A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.
  2. (psychology) The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life.