maladjustment

maladjustment
In the mental health professions, an inability to cope with the problems and challenges of everyday living. [mal- + adjust, fr. O.Fr. adjuster, fr. L.L. adjuxto, to put close to, + -ment]
- social m. m. without manifest psychiatric disorder, as that occasioned by an inability to cope with social situations.

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mal·ad·just·ment .mal-ə-'jəs(t)-mənt n poor, faulty, or inadequate adjustment esp failure to reach a satisfactory adjustment between one's desires and the conditions of one's life <emotional \maladjustments> <symptoms of \maladjustment...in early childhood (Psychological Abstracts)>
mal·ad·just·ed -əd adj
mal·ad·jus·tive -iv adj

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mal·ad·just·ment (mal″ə-justґmənt) in psychiatry, failure to fit one's inner needs to the environment; inability to meet the challenges of daily life.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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