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also disfunction
as in disease
impaired or abnormal functioning (as of a body part)
She's suffered from minor brain dysfunction since the accident.
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Recent Examples of dysfunction
The dysfunctions of Congress have ceded much domestic policymaking to the executive.
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The Editors, National Review, 17 Feb. 2025
The Eagles also went 18-3 and won the championship a year after dysfunction led to the team losing six of its final seven games, including a playoff defeat.
—Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 11 Feb. 2025
The organization’s persistent dysfunction already has Giants fans far and wide playing GM from their couches trying to find a solution to this misery.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
What does Boston Rob make of all that Traitors dysfunction?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 17 Feb. 2025
The Eagles also went 18-3 and won the championship a year after dysfunction led to the team losing six of its final seven games, including a playoff defeat.
—Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 11 Feb. 2025
The organization’s persistent dysfunction already has Giants fans far and wide playing GM from their couches trying to find a solution to this misery.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
What does Boston Rob make of all that Traitors dysfunction?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dysfunction
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“Dysfunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysfunction. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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