"maladjustment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maladjustments [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- French ajustementbor. English adjustment English maladjustment From mal- + adjustment. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mal-|adjustment|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- French ajustementbor. English adjustment English maladjustment [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "male", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "mal-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mal-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "ajustement", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "adjustment", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "maladjustment", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="maladjustment"> From mal- + adjustment., {{ety|en|:af|mal-|adjustment|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Archaic Latin *iowos, *iowez- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Archaic Latin -tus Archaic Latin iovestos Latin iūstuslbor. Old French juste French juste French ajuster Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French ajustementbor. English adjustment English maladjustment From mal- + adjustment. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} maladjustment (countable and uncountable, plural maladjustments)
  1. A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-maladjustment-en-noun-1Ju5wdom
  2. (psychology) The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life. Tags: countable, uncountable
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Inflected forms

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