dysfunctional
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6.1
- adjective
- /dɪsˈfʌŋkʃənl/
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disfuncional
- One is a child who is vicious and uncaring, the product of a dysfunctional family.
- a dysfunctional family
- a dysfunctional relationship
- a dysfunctional system
But over and over again, we've seen that dysfunctional practices can be turned around.
- But over and over again, we've seen that dysfunctional practices can be turned around.
- Glucose causes small vessels to be dysfunctional, causes endothelial cell dysfunction.
- Right now that seems to be dysfunctional because everything is changing so quickly.
- But as soon as the mitochondria in most of your cells are dysfunctional or dead, you, you die.
- We thought of these suffering as a problem of sort of dysfunctional cognitions.
- You don't have to live with a dysfunctional mind.
- That's not really disabling them, making them dysfunctional.
- Incredibly isolating and dysfunctional, but OK, here we go.
- Then that child will go to become a dysfunctional adult emotionally.
Examples
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Many people come from dysfunctional backgrounds that affect their relationships later in life.
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And I like to deal with dysfunctional families and all that.
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What are some of the dysfunctional things that all of us do?
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That we are not going to fight with each other in a dysfunctional way, OK.
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Right now that seems to be dysfunctional because everything is changing so quickly.
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And it's really just a dysfunctional family.
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In doing so, it has been able to achieve progress even in countries with dysfunctional governments.
Academic text (2012) -
What's the best way to leave a dysfunctional community?
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A dysfunctional bureaucracy is likely to produce a dysfunctional nuclear weapons project.
Academic text (2012) -
But over and over again, we've seen that dysfunctional practices can be turned around.
Synonyms
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3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
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5.5
Not working or not having any effect
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7.1
You cannot use it because it does not work
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4.4
Not working or broken
Not working properly so a machine or system cannot work as it should
A part that does not work properly or is weak, often for body parts and machines
Broken or not in use
Antonyms
How Functional
Surface Forms
Morphology
dysfunctional = functional (transparent) = dys + function + al
The adjective is formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'dys-' to 'functional', yielding the clear meaning 'not functional'.
Etymology
Dysfunctional combines the Greek prefix dys- meaning 'bad' or 'difficult' with function, which means 'work' or 'what something does', so dysfunctional literally means 'not working properly' and is used for bodies, systems, or relationships that do not do their job.