readjustment

noun re·ad·just·ment \ ˌrē-ə-ˈjəs(t)-mənt \

Updated on: 27 Feb 2018

Definition of readjustment

plural readjustments

1 : the act or process of adjusting something again

undertook a readjustment of her life goals

A below-the-knee prosthesis is priced at between $10,000 and $20,000, and then there's the constant attention and ongoing readjustments needed to keep the prosthesis operational.
—Ronald J. Glasser

Sustained speculation may advance an upward price spiral, but bitcoin has already experienced several price readjustments in recent years.
—John Nugent

2 : the act or process of adjusting or adapting oneself again

a soldier's readjustment to civilian life

Even if new professions come along to compensate for the losses, they will probably require much more creativity and flexibility. It is far from certain that a 50-year-old cashier or bus driver will be able to make the necessary readjustment.
—Yuval Harari

Recent Examples of readjustment from the Web

But the new polling is alarming enough for the Left that the progressive group Priorities USA released a memo suggesting a readjustment.

— rich lowry, National Review, "Have Democrats Overplayed Their Trump Hand?," 16 Feb. 2018
Market participants are assessing whether the negative reaction to Thursday’s sale of five- and 10-year rate swaps was a turning point after months of falling yields, or just the readjustment of overstretched expectations.

— marton eder, Bloomberg.com, "The Questions Investors Are Asking After Hungary's Sell-Off," 24 Jan. 2018
Her mother died in November, 2000, and then Rieker went through a traumatic time of readjustment.

— 'sam' boyer/special to cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Rieker shares her caregiving experience in newly released book," 21 Jan. 2018
The film followed the life of one sergeant's deployment, injury, and readjustment after discharge.

— darren orf, Popular Mechanics, "Merging Realities: A Look at Zero Point, the First 3D 360-Degree Film," 19 Feb. 2014
And a world in which the richest eight people control as much wealth as 3.6 billion of their global co-inhabitants (half the human race) will probably see a readjustment.

— olga ingurazova, Smithsonian, "What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?," 29 Sep. 2017
This sort of readjustment of attention, by the way, is a perfectly fine thing to do.

— robert wright, WIRED, "Is Mindfulness Meditation BS?," 12 Aug. 2017
There aren't many great examples of legacy media empires successfully transitioning to the digital age without a few disasters along the way, or at least a long period of readjustment.

— derek thompson, The Atlantic, "TV’s Ad Apocalypse Is Getting Closer," 10 Aug. 2017
On a purely practical level, there’s no more curtain of hair to hide behind or bun readjustment.

— aya kanai, Cosmopolitan, "How I Felt After Chopping Off 2 Feet of My Hair," 7 Aug. 2017

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