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Definition: Maladjustment |
MaladjustmentNoun1. The condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "maladjustment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
Note: Maladjustment \Mal`ad*just"ment\, noun. [Mal- adjustment.]. (Websters 1913) |
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| "Maladjustment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Maladjustment" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
maladjustment | 8 |
maladjustment social | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "maladjustment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mospërshtatje (incongruity, misfit). (various references) | |
Arabic | عدم تناسق, عدم توازن (kink), عدم إنتظام. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неприспособяване. (various references) | |
Czech | špatné přizpùsobení. (various references) | |
Danish | mangelfuld tilpasning, tilpasningsvanskelighed. (various references) | |
Dutch | onaangepastheid, foutieve instelling, aanpassingsstoornis. (various references) | |
Farsi | کژسازگاری , تعدیل وتنظیم غلط, عدم توافق (Discordance, Disparity, Odds, Variance), عدم تطبیق . (various references) | |
French | inadaptation. (various references) | |
German | Fehlanpassung (mismatch, mismatching). (various references) | |
Greek | κακή ρύθμιση, κοινωνική δυσαρμογή, δυσπροσαρμοστικότητα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אי "תאמ" (disagreement, discrepancy, disproportion, inaptitude, misfit, nonconformity), חשלות (backwardness, backwater, primitiveness, retrogression). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rossz megoldás, rossz viszonyulás, meghasonlottság, hibás beállítás, összhangtalanság (maladministration). (various references) | |
Italian | turba del comportamento, non adattamento, inadattabilit , disadattamento (mismatching). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 適応障害 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | てきおうしょうがい. (various references) | |
Manx | meereaghys. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aladjustmentmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mal ajustado, inadaptação, ajuste defeituoso. (various references) | |
Romanian | neadaptare, inadaptabilitate (inadaptability). (various references) | |
Russian | неправильная регулировка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nepristajanje, neodgovaranje. (various references) | |
Spanish | inadaptación. (various references) | |
Swedish | misanpassning. (various references) | |
Thai | การปรับตัวไ"้ไม่"ีกับส าพแว"ล้อม. (various references) | |
Turkish | uyumsuzluk (clash, discord, discordance, disharmony, disparity, dissonance, divided counsel, inadaptability, incompatiblity, inconsistency, inconsonance, mismatch, unconformity), uymama (breach, misfit, noncompliance, non-compliance, nonconformity, nonobservance, non-observance, unsuitability). (various references) | |
Ukranian | неузгодженість (non-compliance), невідповідність (contradiction, disaccord, discordance, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, imbalance, incongruity, non-compliance, nonconformity, overproportion, unconformity). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thích nghi sai, sự lắp sai. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "maladjustment": maladjustments. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "maladjustment" (pronounced 'Mal`ad*just"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Arraignment, Arrestment, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avisement, Avouchment, Bailment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Bewailment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bisegment, Blastment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chatoyment, Cloyment, Coadjustment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Curtailment, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Declarement, Decorement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degradement, Delayment, Denotement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disemboguement, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disenthrallment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disimprovement, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Disobligement, Disownment, Dispatchment, Disportment, Disposement, Distillment, Divergement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Easement, Effacement, Ejectment, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embasement, Embayment, Embedment, Emboitement, Embossment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Enactment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encystment, Endearment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment, Engravement, Engrossment, Engulfment, enhancement, Enjoinment, Enjoyment, Enlacement, Enlargement, Enlistment, Enouncement, Enragement, Enrichment, Enrockment, Enrollment, Enslavement, Enswathement, Entailment, Entassment, Entertainment, Enthrallment, Enthronement, Enticement, Entombment, Entrancement, Entreatment, Entwinement, Enwrapment, Epaulement, Equipment, Erasement, Escapement, Escarpment, Eschewment, Espousement, Estrangement, Estrepement, Evincement, Evolvement, Exaltment, Excitement, Excusement, Exertment, Exhalement, Exhaustment, Explorement, Extolment, Farcement, Feoffment, figment, fitment, Fleshment, Forcement, Foreappointment, Forebodement, Forejudgment, fragment, Freshment, Frightment, fulfillment, garment, Gazement, Imbankment, Imbowment, Imbruement, Imbrutement, Imbuement, Imbursement, Immoment, immurement, Impackment, impairment, Impartment, impeachment, impingement, Imposement, impressment, improvement, Impugnment, Incagement, incasement, Incensement, incitement, Incommodement, Increasement, Incrustment, Indebtment, Indentment, indictment, Inditement, Indorsement, Indowment, inducement, Induement, Indulgement, Infeoffment, Infoldment, infringement, Ingraftment, Ingulfment, Insignment, installment, instillment, Insultment, Intendment, Interchangement, Interlacement, interment, internment, Inthrallment, Intombment, intrenchment, Introducement, Intwinement, Inurement, investment, Invitement, involvement, judgment, jument, Lavement, Ledgment, lodgment, loment, Maltreament, Mandment, Manurement, Mendment, Misadjustment, Misallotment, Misarrangement, Misemployment, Misimprovement, Misjudgment, misplacement, misstatement. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-j-l-m-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: adjustmental. | |
-3 letters: adjustment. | |
-4 letters: adjutants, malamutes, sultanate, tantalums. | |
-5 letters: adjutant, adulates, atlantes, dalesman, ladanums, leadsman, malamute, mandamus, mandates, manteaus, mantlets, nutmeats, stemmata, summated, talesman, tamandus, tantalum, tantalus, unjammed, unmatted, unsalted, unstated, untasted. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-j-l-m-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: maladjustments. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 61 64 6A 75 73 74 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-.. .- -.. .--- ..- ... - -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01100001 01100100 01101010 01110101 01110011 01110100 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l a d j u s t m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0061 0064 006A 0075 0073 0074 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47677867707687858679718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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