'dysfunctional' definitions:
Definition of 'dysfunctional'
From: WordNet
adjective
Impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
adjective
(of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; "dysfunctional behavior" [syn: dysfunctional, nonadaptive]
Definition of 'dysfunctional'
From: GCIDE
- dysfunctional \dysfunctional\ adj.
- 1. impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Psychol.) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; -- of a trait or condition; as, dysfunctional behavior.
- Syn: nonadaptive. [WordNet 1.5]