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mal·ad·just·ment
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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