What does dysfunctional mean?
Dysfunctional means Not performing its proper or intended function..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Not performing its proper or intended function..
Live dysfunctional, likely die dysfunctional; live eufunctional, likely die eufunctional.
Never trust in the partly unscrupulous and partly dysfunctional state apparatus.
A former chief of staff of the Israel Defence Forces said that Netanyahu should “resign now”, while a former intelligence official described the government as “dysfunctional”.
It is difficult to find the right words for what has happened in the five years since the May 2018 timetable changes exposed the very dysfunctional nature of the franchise system set up by the privatisation process of the 1990s.
Use dysfunctional when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dysfunctional means Not performing its proper or intended function..
Common synonyms include impaired, maladaptive, nonadaptive.
Possible antonyms include operational, eufunctional, functional, cooperative.
Live dysfunctional, likely die dysfunctional; live eufunctional, likely die eufunctional.
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