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dysfunctional Definition

dys·func·tional (-s̸hə nəl)

adjective

  1. unable to function normally, properly, etc.
  2. of or characterized by abnormal or impaired psychosocial functioning a dysfunctional family, dysfunctional behavior

dysfunctional Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • way: This is a failed state which is dysfunctional in many ways.
  • obesity: Our group therefore aims to elucidate peripheral and central mechanisms of energy balance and how these become dysfunctional in obesity.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: What makes a family dysfunctional, or a child antisocial?

Modifies a noun

  • bleeding: Out of 51 patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding, 18 were included for uterine balloon therapy under local anesthesia.
  • spleen: Conclusion Infection in patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen remains largely preventable.
  • family: I write about dysfunctional families, war, refugees, farm life, the future.
  • relationship: I have always had a very dysfunctional relationship with chocolate in particular.
  • quot: At the conclusion dysfunctional quot turns about two years.
  • behavior: These cultures experience little or no dysfunctional behavior in their young people.

Modifying Another Word

  • socially: We need far earlier intervention with some of these families, who are often socially excluded and socially dysfunctional.
  • severely: Most English teachers would deny that this offers anything other than a severely dysfunctional literacy.
  • increasingly: Glen said he intends to set pulses racing in the increasingly dysfunctional Big Brother house with his handsome good looks.
  • seriously: Nanny appears to need treatment herself for seriously dysfunctional behavior.
  • totally: At its best, Interpol have become The Strokes, but at its worst it sounds totally dysfunctional and confusing on the ear.
  • highly: This is a common cycle in highly dysfunctional families.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: This affects the health of the organs or cells, which then become dysfunctional, degenerate or diseased.
  • seem: The craftsman is likely to seem dysfunctional in a culture of innovation and change.

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