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also disfunction
as in disease
impaired or abnormal functioning (as of a body part)
She's suffered from minor brain dysfunction since the accident.
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Little of this dysfunction is visible from the outside, because the school allows students to graduate despite the enormous gaps in their education.
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
The most common form of dry eye is evaporative dry eye, which is primarily caused by meibomian gland dysfunction.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Dec. 2024
Instead, Gracey paints a fabulously entertaining and touching picture of an insecure, complicated man hauling himself from a quicksand of grasping fans, greedy impresarios, unresolved addictions and father-son dysfunction.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
This week's dysfunction over federal government spending and a possible government shutdown is the latest in a series of conflicts between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill and the White House over budget priorities.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
The most common form of dry eye is evaporative dry eye, which is primarily caused by meibomian gland dysfunction.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Dec. 2024
Instead, Gracey paints a fabulously entertaining and touching picture of an insecure, complicated man hauling himself from a quicksand of grasping fans, greedy impresarios, unresolved addictions and father-son dysfunction.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
This week's dysfunction over federal government spending and a possible government shutdown is the latest in a series of conflicts between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill and the White House over budget priorities.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Dysfunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysfunction. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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