"dysfunctional" meaning in English

See dysfunctional in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dysfunctional.wav Forms: more dysfunctional [comparative], most dysfunctional [superlative]
Etymology: From dysfunction + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dysfunction|al}} dysfunction + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} dysfunctional (comparative more dysfunctional, superlative most dysfunctional)
  1. Not performing its proper or intended function. Translations (not performing properly): vajaakuntoinen (Finnish), toimimaton (Finnish), dysfunkcjonalny (Polish), dysfunkcyjny (Polish), disfuncțional (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-dysfunctional-en-adj-CVzoFbaR Disambiguation of 'not performing properly': 97 3
  2. Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior. Translations (functioning incorrectly or abnormally): disfuncional (Catalan), dysfunktionel (Danish), dysfunctioneel (Dutch), dysfunctionele (Dutch), rikkinäinen (Finnish), dysfunktionaalinen (Finnish), dysfonctionnel (French), dysfunktional (German), δυσλειτουργικός (dysleitourgikós) [masculine] (Greek), diszfunkcionális (Hungarian), mífheidhmiúil (Irish), disfunzionale (Italian), turingonge (ngonge) (Maori), dysfunksjonell (Norwegian Bokmål), dysfunksjonell (Norwegian Nynorsk), dysfunkcjonalny (Polish), dysfunkcyjny (Polish), disfuncional (Portuguese), disfuncțional (Romanian), дисфункциона́льный (disfunkcionálʹnyj) (Russian), disfuncional (Spanish), dysfunktionell (Swedish), işlevsiz (Turkish), disfonksiyonel (Turkish), camweithredol (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dysfunctionality, dysfunctionalization, dysfunctionally, nondysfunctional

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "disfunzionale"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "turingonge (ngonge)"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "dysfunksjonell"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "dysfunksjonell"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "dysfunkcjonalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "dysfunkcyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "disfuncional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "disfuncțional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "disfunkcionálʹnyj",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "дисфункциона́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "disfuncional"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "dysfunktionell"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "işlevsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "disfonksiyonel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "functioning incorrectly or abnormally",
      "word": "camweithredol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dysfunctional"
}

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