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Answer for the clue "The condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability ", 13 letters:
maladjustment

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Word definitions for maladjustment in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maladjustment \Mal`ad*just"ment\, n. [Mal- + adjustment.] A bad adjustment.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1823, from mal- + adjustment .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism 2 (context psychology English) The inability to adjust oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life

Usage examples of maladjustment.

And in the face of the accumulating stresses created by the maladjustments of Versailles, this galaxy of humbugs to whom democracy had entrusted the direction of human beings--humbugs unavoidably, for the system insisted upon it regardless of the best intentions--was equally enigmatical and impotent.

You are a machine with certain maladjustments which I propose to correct.

I admit we're testing many so-called misfits to see if thwarted or yes, misunderstood, paranormal Talents are not partly responsible for their maladjustment.