dysfunctionality

noun

The condition of being dysfunctional.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

noundysfunctionality (countable and uncountable, plural dysfunctionalities)

plural dysfunctionalities

  1. uncountableThe condition of being dysfunctional.
  2. countableA dysfunction.
    1 more example

    What is worse is how the custom-designed treatment programs for our community that are springing up make no provision for those of us doubly, triply or even quadruply oppressed […] This neglect is a symptom of the dysfunctionality afflicting our community: the degree to which we've permitted too many assimilationists to define the standards of identity for us all.

    1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Finnish toimimattomuus
  • toimimattomuuscondition of being dysfunctional
Greek δυσλειτουργικότητα
  • δυσλειτουργικότητα (dysleitourgikótita)condition of being dysfunctional
Polish patologia
  • patologiacondition of being dysfunctional
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APA

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“dysfunctionality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysfunctionality. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dysfunctionality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysfunctionality.

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