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US
/dɪsˈfəŋkʃənəɫ/
]
[ UK /dɪsfˈʌŋkʃənəl/ ]
[ UK /dɪsfˈʌŋkʃənəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
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(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.