Definition of MALADJUSTMENT

maladjustment

Meanings

Plural: maladjustments

Noun

  • the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability
  • A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.
  • The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life.

Origin / Etymology

From mal- + adjustment.

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