Using the example of the decomposition of a long-lived triatomic complex into an atom and a diatom, it is shown that nonadiabatic interactions between adiabatic channel states at large interfragment distances strongly reduce the dynamic rotational orientation of the diatom. The degree of orientation is expressed in terms of a number of open adiabatic channels and ‘‘slipping factors.’’ These factors are estimated for an anisotropic potential following an inverse power law.