maladjustment

Example Sentences

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And Friedrich Hayek suggested that recessions occur regularly, as maladjustments build up from misguided interest-rate policies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

A Western observer might shrink in horror from this practice, imagining long-lasting emotional maladjustments from early trauma.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2018

To get at the theater's internal "maladjustments" and its troubles with the public, Bernays' high-powered firm had done a six-week survey.

From Time Magazine Archive

Problems of human maladjustments are not solved at a distance or by proxy.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I see. And that is where those trifling maladjustments come in which you mentioned awhile ago—steel, hydroponics and so on.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov