dysfunctional

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function English dysfunction Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English dysfunctional From dysfunction + -al.

1. Not performing its proper or intended function.
2. Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.

   “Live dysfunctional, likely die dysfunctional; live eufunctional, likely die eufunctional.”

   “Never trust in the partly unscrupulous and partly dysfunctional state apparatus.”