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One tragicomic sequence in her “Archipelago,” starring Hiddleston, observes a family dither dysfunctionally over where to sit at a restaurant.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021

Going on almost 30 years later, however, they remain stubbornly, dysfunctionally single, working their land and waiting in vain for the other to make the first move.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2020

If Corrin’s Diana is embarrassingly needy, her in-laws are a dysfunctionally frosty clan only capable of bonding through a shared love of horses and hunting.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2020

If you work in an organisation that is dysfunctionally addicted to email, no action that you take on your own is going to solve that; indeed, it may have serious downsides for you.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2012

Proponents of the short-selling ban say rumours about French bank SocGen show markets are behaving dysfunctionally.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011