Synonyms for dysfunctional
dɪsˈfʌŋk ʃən əldys·func·tion·al

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1. dysfunctionaladjective

   Antonyms:
   eufunctional, functional

2. dysfunctionaladjective

   Antonyms:
   functional, eufunctional

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1. dysfunctionaladjective

   impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ

   Synonyms:
   nonadaptive

   Antonyms:
   adaptive, adaptative, unimpaired

2. dysfunctional, nonadaptiveadjective

   (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose

   "dysfunctional behavior"

   Synonyms:
   nonadaptive

   Antonyms:
   adaptative, adaptive, unimpaired

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1. List of paraphrases for "dysfunctional":

   dysfunction

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1. Sharon Osbourne:

   We love each other more than anything. We all make mistakes and we all know that. I mean, I am the queen of making mistakes, we may be dysfunctional, we may be different but what we have which sadly most people don’t is true love.

2. Daren Blomquist:

   Both of those states had the unfortunate combination of a massive volume of foreclosure activity spawned by the housing bubble burst along with a dysfunctional foreclosure process resulting from lenders and servicers cutting corners when it came to foreclosure documentation.

3. Billy Joe:

   I was raised in a fairly dysfunctional situation and I went through years of intense alcoholism and drug addiction so the song was always a touchstone for me. When you open yourself up to drugs and alcohol at such a young age it becomes something you have to deal with the rest of your life.

4. Daniel Feller:

   The one case that you can look back to where Congress had been equally and even more dysfunctional is the 1850s and of course that is not encouraging because of what happened at the end of that.

5. Takahide Kiuchi:

   The BOJ is powerless in stopping yield falls. It's a key flaw of YCC, which becomes dysfunctional when markets are too volatile, the BOJ may review YCC as early as September, as leaving yield declines unattended would hurt the policy's credibility.