maladjustment
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He spoke of his own "maladjustment" to segregation, religious bigotry, the "madness of militarism" and "the self-defeating effects of physical violence," half-jokingly urged the formation of an "International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment."
From Time Magazine Archive
Maladjustment of land uses has resulted from mistaken judgment, from changing conditions as to prices, transportation, and markets, and from loss of soil fertility.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
