Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Functioning incorrectly or abnormally.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ.
- adj. failing to serve an adjustive purpose; -- of a trait or condition.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
- adj. impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
Examples
“If not for DX, who would have been able to come up with the term dysfunctional family?”
“Mr. Silver is the author of acid-dripping comedies like "Pterodactyls" and "Raised in Captivity" about families that make the term dysfunctional sound positively benign.”
“We now use the term "dysfunctional family" for a reason.”
“That is what is really meant by the term "dysfunctional family" -- a family with no function.”
“The Savages, sans quotes, are a family to which the term dysfunctional does insufficient injustice.”
“They want electoral reform in what they call a dysfunctional democracy.”
“One recommendation was an overhaul of what it called the "dysfunctional" Nuclear Waste Fund arrangement.”
“The administration hopes to create secure borders by protecting their integrity, improve the immigration system by fixing what it calls a dysfunctional bureaucracy, take away incentives for people to enter the United States illegally, support a system that allows undocumented immigrants to eventually become citizens, and work with Mexico to decrease illegal immigration.”
“That's what I call dysfunctional, is when they don't follow the Hulk -- the Hogan rules, you know.”
“I mean in women such as yourself, with what we call dysfunctional uterine bleeding or heavy periods, the Seasonale, or any medication, for that matter, is not necessarily going to alleviate that, because there is increased growth of the lining of the endometrium.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘dysfunctional’.
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Psychology
Chapter 1
rigorous, occurrence, maze, divers, intellectual, expansion, all in all, sensation, introspection, radical, orientation, nurture and 174 more...
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High Brow
tremulous, vigorous, unction, coadjutor, dotage, mirth, obtuseness, torpid, talisman, infirm, score, subsistence and 49 more...
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dys-
bad; difficult
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