not functioning
Example Sentences
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The way to do it is to talk about the costs of America not functioning the way we promised.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
The “Criminal Minds” star also underwent multiple spinal surgeries to manage cauda equina syndrome, a rare condition in which nerve bundles in the lumbar or sacral spine are compressed or not functioning properly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
You are not functioning as a bank, and unless you promised him interest, he is not entitled to any.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 7, 2025
"Our study found that when the kidneys are not functioning properly, there may be higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarkers in the blood," said study author Francesca Gasparini, MD, of Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025
“Still, I was not functioning properly. I suffered several bad dreams last night. I awoke bruised and muttering.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
