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 s>  <symptoms of … in early childhood -Psychological Abstracts>  mal*ad*just*ed adj mal*ad*jus*tive adj 
 
 
 
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