dysfunctional
[dis-fuhngk-shuh-nl]
adjective
not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
having a malfunctioning part or element: It is hard to get bills through a dysfunctional congress.
behaving or acting outside social norms: All the siblings in their extremely dysfunctional family lost contact as adults.
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Examples from the Web for dysfunctional
Contemporary Examples of dysfunctional
These young adults have voluntarily checked out of a political system they consider corrupt and dysfunctional.
This is a story that celebrates difference, as opposed to the story of a dysfunctional kid.
The family was close, “in a crazy kind of dysfunctional way,” he says.
Their interest, as ever, is in pushing the perception that Washington is dysfunctional.
The populist anger at Washington incumbents in this election is directed at the dysfunctional divisions in DC.
Historical Examples of dysfunctional
It is this unaccomplished, uneasy metamorphosis that tore the social fabric of CEE apart, rendering it poisoned and dysfunctional.
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The West knew that these institutions were dysfunctional – but not to which breathtaking extent.
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dysfunctional
adjective
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