It took Tom years to work through all the issues caused by his growing up in a dysfunctional family.
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Dysfunctional
Synonyms for "dysfunctional" (16 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Adjective(4 words)
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (8)
Adjective(7 words)
nonfunctional activitypathologic diagnosispoor team chemistryproblematicramshacklesocial disorderunhealthy
Noun(1 words)
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8 entriesdysfunctional appliancedysfunctional classroomdysfunctional enginedysfunctional familydysfunctional relationshipdysfunctional softwaredysfunctional wiringdysfunctional workplace
Collocations
5 entriesdysfunctional devicedysfunctional familydysfunctional softwaredysfunctional systemdysfunctional wiring
Inflections
2 entriesmore dysfunctionalmost dysfunctional
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2 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
All families are, to a greater or lesser extent, dysfunctional.
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It's hard to imagine a family more dysfunctional than ours.
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Tom and Mary both come from dysfunctional families.
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