adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
family
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They say poor judgments by overburdened and undertrained caseworkers have reunited some irrevocably dysfunctional families .
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They came from Williams' dysfunctional family , his tortured psyche and his repressed homosexuality.
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So I have come reluctantly to the conclusion that my Palm is a high-functioning offspring in a dysfunctional family .
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A.. Have you ever been around a dysfunctional family ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a dysfunctional family
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beyond historically determined levels of societal tolerance, crime is dysfunctional to social life.
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He notes the following dysfunctional possibilities.
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Lousy schools and dysfunctional teachers were let off the hook.
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The dysfunctional protein builds up in the brain and death results.
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The modification of dysfunctional attitudes is a key concern in Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy.
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The second phase is more cognitive, aimed at the identification and modification of the dysfunctional silent assumptions.
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They came from Williams' dysfunctional family, his tortured psyche and his repressed homosexuality.
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They say poor judgments by overburdened and undertrained caseworkers have reunited some irrevocably dysfunctional families.