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Definition of dysfunction
1 : impaired or abnormal functioning gastrointestinal dysfunction
2 : abnormal or unhealthy interpersonal behavior or interaction within a group family dysfunction
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Examples of dysfunction in a Sentence
The disease causes gastrointestinal dysfunctions.
Recent Examples of dysfunction from the Web
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Trump's tweet — and his persistent prior commentary on Chicago — could reflect genuine unease at the dysfunction of America's third largest city, and Huckabee Sanders's subsequent comment could be viewed as a moralistic analysis of violence.
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The dysfunction of the relationship only encourages both sides to boost the dosage and rationalize the addiction.
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Their public feud has only added to the usual New York Knicks dysfunction, especially now that Carmelo Anthony refuses to leave or waive his no-trade clause.
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Raised amid dictatorial dysfunction, and normally poorly educated, the exiles stumble into a brutally competitive nation where they are regularly disdained by their neighbors.
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A. Dutasteride (Avodart) has been linked to both erectile dysfunction and low libido (PeerJ, online, March 9, 2017).
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is expected to suspend its search for a chief executive on Thursday, dealing a blow to reform efforts at an agency that has become synonymous with dysfunction.
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The show’s title alludes both to the family’s jaunty abbreviation for funeral home and, ironically, to its increasingly evident dysfunction.
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More than 90 percent of Parkinson’s patients report some level of olfactory dysfunction.
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First Known Use of dysfunction
circa 1916
DYSFUNCTION Defined for English Language Learners
dysfunction
playDefinition of dysfunction for English Language Learners
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: the condition of having poor and unhealthy behaviors and attitudes within a group of people
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medical : the state of being unable to function in a normal way
Medical Dictionary
dysfunction
Medical Definition of dysfunction
: impaired or abnormal functioning (as of an organ of the body)—see minimal brain dysfunction
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