MALADJUSTMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("maladjustment" is a kind of...):

personality disorder (inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior)

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