antifunctional

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adjective

Opposing or hindering a function.

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Meanings

adjectiveantifunctional (comparative more antifunctional, superlative most antifunctional)

comparative more antifunctional · superlative most antifunctional

  1. Opposing or hindering a function.

    It may, for example, be functional when applied with moderation but antifunctional when applied profusely, as is clearly the case with acronyms, usually written in capital letters.

    2013, Pieter A. M. Seuren, From Whorf to Montague: Explorations in the Theory of Language, page 111

Origin

From anti- + functional.

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APA

antifunctional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifunctional

MLA

“antifunctional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifunctional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antifunctional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifunctional.

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