Antonyms for adjustment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-juhst-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈdʒʌst mənt

whole

Definition of adjustment

Origin : 1640s, from French ajustement or else a native formation from adjust (v.) + -ment.

noun adaptation
noun financial retribution, payment of claim

Example sentences :

The adjustment is to be accomplished entirely by the poise of the body.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

"The recorder here was out of adjustment, sir," he said simply.
Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

But it's not adjustment to me; so I'm afraid I shall have some intelligence in this matter.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

Adjustment every moment demands the relation of the brain in both directions.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

That adjustment is only perfect for light of one wave-length.
Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

The lay-figure of Stephen's sketches now initiated an adjustment of many things.
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

Don sighed and made a minute adjustment on the synchro knob.
Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole

As a result the adjustment of warp and weft is more or less disturbed.
Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross

Hence, we must counteract the ocular deception by an adjustment of proportions.
Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius

It is an adjustment according to quantity (in Greek ποσὁτης).
Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius

Synonyms for adjustment

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