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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
Recent searches for a new police chief have taken over a year to complete, often exposing dysfunctions in the city’s branches of leadership.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
For adults, chronic lead exposure is linked with kidney dysfunction, hypertension and neurocognitive effects, the FDA said.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Despite its name, the condition, which has yet to be formally recognized, is often also paired with emotional, cognitive and physical dysfunction.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
And Mac Jones is out in San Francisco, reminding everyone what confidence and a great teacher can look like together, when they’re not smothered by dysfunction.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
For adults, chronic lead exposure is linked with kidney dysfunction, hypertension and neurocognitive effects, the FDA said.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Despite its name, the condition, which has yet to be formally recognized, is often also paired with emotional, cognitive and physical dysfunction.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
And Mac Jones is out in San Francisco, reminding everyone what confidence and a great teacher can look like together, when they’re not smothered by dysfunction.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dysfunction
Noun
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That research has also linked ultraprocessed foods to health concerns like obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline and cardiovascular disease.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Other factors include age (most cases occur after age 50), diet (a high-fat diet can increase cancer risk), and family history of the disease.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Senior Democrats are treating Saturday’s demonstrations as a show of strength and are urging participants to be peaceful amid fears disorder could be used to justify an administration crackdown.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Jake and Claire Juip − who use motorized wheelchairs − have a rare neurodegenerative disorder called Friedreich's ataxia.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Dysfunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysfunction. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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