dysfunctional

Example Sentences

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Split between its rival language camps, Belgium's complex political patchwork has long been seen as borderline dysfunctional.

From Barron's

Despite our public persona of being dysfunctional and brawling, we were quite quiet in the rehearsal space.

From Los Angeles Times

This concluded she had a pattern of entering "dysfunctional relationships" and was unfit to parent.

From BBC

Many Berliners also are angry over rising housing costs and that the city in recent years has had a dysfunctional bureaucracy, by German standards, in which getting basic paperwork done often entails lengthy waits.

From Washington Times

"Each character is so psychologically complex and layered. Professionally they're at the top of their game but their personal lives are massively dysfunctional."

From BBC