dysfunctional

English

Etymology

From dysfunction +‎ -al.

Adjective

dysfunctional (comparative more dysfunctional, superlative most dysfunctional)

1. Not performing its proper or intended function.
2. Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.

Usage notes

Used frequently in regard to social and organizational functioning: "dysfunctional quality assurance", dysfunctional family, dysfunctional behavior.

Antonyms

• eufunctional
• functional

Derived terms

• dysfunctionality
• dysfunctionalization
• dysfunctionally

Related terms

• dysfunction (noun)

Translations

not performing properly

• Finnish: vajaakuntoinen, toimimaton (fi)
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functioning incorrectly or abnormally

• Catalan: disfuncional
• Danish: dysfunktionel
• Dutch: dysfunctioneel, dysfunctionele
• Finnish: rikkinäinen (fi), dysfunktionaalinen
• French: dysfonctionnel (fr)
• German: dysfunktional (de)
• Greek: δυσλειτουργικός (el) m (dysleitourgikós)
• Hungarian: diszfunkcionális (hu)
• Irish: mífheidhmiúil
• Italian: disfunzionale
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dysfunksjonell

  Nynorsk: dysfunksjonell

• Portuguese: disfuncional
• Russian: дисфункциона́льный (ru) (disfunkcionálʹnyj)
• Spanish: disfuncional (es)
• Swedish: dysfunktionell
• Turkish: işlevsiz (tr), disfonksiyonel
• Welsh: camweithredol