Word: maladjustment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mal
ad
just
ment
Definition: A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.
Morphemes:
Affix: mal-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent - faulty, faultily as in malfunction
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mal-
Language: fro
Decoded: mal-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad; badly
Affix: adjust
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To improve or rectify.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: to, up to, towards
Affix: iūs
Language: la
Decoded: ius
PoS: Noun
Meaning: subjective right, individual right
Affix: -tus
Language: la
Decoded: -tus
Meaning: adjective
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.