adj
Meaning 1
Not performing its proper or intended function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: operational
Standard Lemma guide
dysfunctional
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Live dysfunctional, likely die dysfunctional; live eufunctional, likely die eufunctional.
- Never trust in the partly unscrupulous and partly dysfunctional state apparatus.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: eufunctional, functional, cooperative
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
(of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dysfunctional behavior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonadaptive
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function English dysfunction English -al English dysfunctional From dysfunction + -al.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: disfuncional — not performing properly
- Finnish: vajaakuntoinen — not performing properly
- Finnish: toimimaton — not performing properly
- French: dysfonctionnel — not performing properly
- Georgian: დისფუნქციური (dispunkciuri) — not performing properly
- Italian: disfunzionale — not performing properly
- Polish: dysfunkcjonalny — not performing properly
- Polish: dysfunkcyjny — not performing properly
- Romanian: disfuncțional — not performing properly
- Catalan: disfuncional — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Danish: dysfunktionel — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Dutch: disfunctioneel — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Finnish: rikkinäinen — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Finnish: dysfunktionaalinen — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- French: dysfonctionnel — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- German: dysfunktional — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Greek: δυσλειτουργικός (dysleitourgikós) — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Hungarian: diszfunkcionális — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Irish: mífheidhmiúil — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Italian: disfunzionale — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Māori: turingonge (ngonge) — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Norwegian Bokmål: dysfunksjonell — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dysfunksjonell — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Pannonian Rusyn: дисфункционални (disfunkcionalni) — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Polish: dysfunkcjonalny — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Polish: dysfunkcyjny — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Portuguese: disfuncional — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Romanian: disfuncțional — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Russian: дисфункциона́льный (disfunkcionálʹnyj) — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Spanish: disfuncional — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Swedish: dysfunktionell — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Turkish: işlevsiz — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Turkish: disfonksiyonel — functioning incorrectly or abnormally
- Welsh: camweithredol — functioning incorrectly or abnormally