dysfunctional

Example Sentences

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As a result, you are understandably struggling with emotional enmeshment, a dysfunctional relationship dynamic where boundaries are blurred, pressure is applied to participate in the emotions, anxieties and responsibilities of another person.

From MarketWatch

Nagi says many of the children come from dysfunctional families and her teachers often have to double-up as their counsellors and protectors.

From BBC

We made this film about a terribly dysfunctional family, but we are actually quite functional!

From Los Angeles Times

Brazilian director Karim Ainouz's surreal satire "Rosebush Pruning" premiered on Saturday at the Berlin Film Festival with one of the programme's starriest casts portraying an outrageously spoiled and dysfunctional family descending into chaos.

From Barron's

It wasn't the fact that they lost to Italy that caused such fury, it was the manner of it, the soft-touch defending, the dysfunctional set-piece, the wasted opportunities in attack.

From BBC