noun
- Faulty or inadequate adjustment, as in a machine.
- Inability to adjust to the demands of interpersonal relationships and the stresses of daily living.
maladjustment
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Noun
(plural maladjustments)
- A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism
- (psychology) The inability to adjust oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life
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