dysfunctional
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dysfunctional
adjective more dysfunctional · most dysfunctional
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Not performing its proper or intended function.
Opposite: operational
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Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Live dysfunctional, likely die dysfunctional; live eufunctional, likely die eufunctional.
Opposite: eufunctional, functional, cooperative
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: maladaptive, nonadaptive, impaired, defective, faulty, malfunctioning, flawed, inefficient, ineffective, deficient, inoperative, ineffectual, unworkable, inoperable, failing, imperfect
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adj not performing properly
| Français | dysfonctionnel |
|---|---|
| Italiano | disfunzionale |
| Română | disfuncțional |
adj functioning incorrectly or abnormally
| Español | disfuncional |
|---|---|
| Português | disfuncional |
| Français | dysfonctionnel |
| Deutsch | dysfunktional |
| Italiano | disfunzionale |
| Ελληνικά | δυσλειτουργικός dysleitourgikós |
| Română | disfuncțional |
| Русский | дисфункциона́льный disfunkcionálʹnyj |
Talk about this word "dysfunctional." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dysfunctional. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dysfunctional. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dysfunctional "dysfunctional." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dysfunctional.Cite this
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title = {dysfunctional},
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