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dysfunctional

[ US /dɪsˈfəŋkʃənəɫ/ ]
[ UK /dɪsfˈʌŋkʃənə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
  2. (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
    dysfunctional behavior

How To Use dysfunctional In A Sentence

  • Dysfunctional families seem to be occupying the minds of Scotland's visiting choreographers.
  • Government stonewalling and a dysfunctional justice system also jeopardized the case.
  • Without that, the mechanism of justice delivery would become dysfunctional.
  • That is what is really meant by the term "dysfunctional family" -- a family with no function. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • For families in the poverty trap this was a year of suffering with increased rentals driving families to share houses in overcrowded conditions and stress making more families dysfunctional.
  • All the elements of a good dark comedy are here: a murder, a dysfunctional family, someone in a clown suit and so on - but they should be tweaked further.
  • The story begins with dysfunctional grandparents and extends itself to Mitchell's life in an unbroken line that will make students of social services work nod knowingly.
  • Members of dysfunctional families tend to either withhold or not verbalize their feelings, wants, likes, and dislikes with each other.
  • They want electoral reform in what they call a dysfunctional democracy. Ellen Freudenheim: 15 Mayo: What Will It Mean for U.S. Youth Election Year Activism?
  • The whole idea is that nature needs a method for rapidly ridding itself of dysfunctional species that overpopulate and absorb resources too rapidly.
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