dysfunctional
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The researchers wanted to determine whether applying a senolytic directly to aging skin could clear some of these dysfunctional cells and improve the skin's ability to repair itself after an injury.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
He and Duffy called for more funding to overhaul the country’s often dysfunctional transportation system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
But as in most all dysfunctional family comedies, they will also say kind things after the cruel ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Thirlwall added her report described "dysfunctional management and governance, a gulf between hospital leadership and clinicians, and failure to understand the fundamentals of safeguarding".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
What could be dysfunctional about a mother so spiteful that she intentionally undercooks her husband’s chicken, and a father so narcissistic he gets a face-lift at forty?
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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