Meaning of dysfunctional | Babel Free
Definitions
- Not performing its proper or intended function.
- Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Equivalents
Deutsch
dysfunktional
Ελληνικά
δυσλειτουργικός
Español
disfuncional
Français
dysfonctionnel
Italiano
disfunzionale
한국어
돌
Nederlands
disfunctioneel
Português
disfuncional
Română
disfuncțional
Русский
дисфункциона́льный
Türkçe
işlevsiz
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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