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Inability to cope with a normal environment
Answer for the clue "Inability to cope with a normal environment ", 13 letters:
maladjustment
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Word definitions for maladjustment in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1823, from mal- + adjustment .
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
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.