āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
dysfunctional
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dysfunctional
01
āĻ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ, āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
not working normally in the body
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A dysfunctional heart valve can lead to serious complications.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻā§āϰā§āϤāϰ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ, āĻ āύā§āĻĒāϝā§āĻā§āϤ
(of a behavior or condition) not providing any useful or adaptive benefit
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Psychologists studied dysfunctional coping strategies in trauma survivors.
āĻŽāύā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻ
āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻļāϞāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻ
āϧā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ, āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
unhealthy or broken in how people or groups operate together
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company became dysfunctional after the leadership change.
āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
dysfunctional
dysfunction
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