maladjustment

• They hear constantly of the great social maladjustment, but no way is provided for them to change it, and their uselessness hangs about them heavily. —  20 Years At Hull House
• This story threw a flood of light upon the dead man's struggle and on the stupid maladjustment which had broken him down. —  20 Years At Hull House
• This kind of maladjustment is almost never seen as a problem, while it lasts. —  Safehaven
• This being true, it ought to be evident that prohibition of "short sales" would expose the market to the extreme and dangerous maladjustment which so one-side d a proviso would inevitably create. —  The Big Picture
• Set in kitschily-realized late 1960s Quebec suburbia, director Philippe Falardeau's adaptation of two linked novels by Bruno Hebert is a very deft mix of family dysfunction, preadolescent maladjustment (or maybe budding sociopathy), and anarchic comedy. —  San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories

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