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maladjustment

maladjustment noun: a poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.

Noun

maladjustment (countable and uncountable, plural maladjustments)

  1. A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.
  2. The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life.

maladjustment meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

maladjustment in Tamil

தவறுடைய அமைப்பு, தவறாகச் சரிசெய்தல், விரும்பத்தக்க முறையில், பொருத்தக் கேடு, சூழல் ஏற்கா உளப்பிணி, சூழல் ஏற்காமை

maladjustment in Urdu

بےآہنگی, ناسازگاری

maladjustment in Kannada

ತಪ್ಪು ಹೊಂದಾಣಿಕೆ, ಇಜ್ಜೋಡು, ಅಸಮನ್ವಯತೆ, ಸಾಮರಸ್ಯ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರುವುದು, ಹೊಂದಿಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರುವುದು, ಅಸಾಮರಸ್ಯ

Forms of maladjustment

pluralmaladjustments

Origin of maladjustment

From mal- + adjustment.

Questions about maladjustment

What does maladjustment mean?
Maladjustment means a poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.
What is maladjustment in Tamil?
Maladjustment in Tamil is தவறுடைய அமைப்பு, தவறாகச் சரிசெய்தல், விரும்பத்தக்க முறையில். See Maladjustment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is maladjustment?
Maladjustment is a noun.
What is the plural of maladjustment?
The plural of maladjustment is maladjustments.

Words near maladjustment in the dictionary

  1. maladjusted
  2. maladjuster
  3. maladjusters
  4. maladjusting
  5. maladjustive
  6. maladjustment
  7. maladjustments
  8. maladjusts
  9. maladminister
  10. maladministered
  11. maladministering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maladjustment (page history and authors); maladjustment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maladjustment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maladjustment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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