dysfunctional behavior. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It's no surprise that the term "dysfunctional" is appearing a lot in commentaries on California. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Wasserstrom: California Dreamin' at China's World's Fair] Reference
That's what I call dysfunctional, is when they don't follow the Hulk -- the Hogan rules, you know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2005] Reference
March 10th, 2003 putting the fun back in dysfunctional. From Wordnik.com. [March 10th, 2003] Reference
(In A.A., they call the dysfunctional thinking "stinkin 'thinkin'."). From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Rettig: Perfectionism And Addiction] Reference
Why not come up with film families who really put the ‘fun’ in dysfunctional?. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Dysfunctional Families in Movie Comedies » Scene-Stealers] Reference
So, the theory that they grew up in dysfunctional families still needs to be proven. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Kristol: 9/11 Happened Because Clinton Didn’t Authorize A Warrantless Domestic Spying Program] Reference
Part of the reason state legislatures are dysfunctional is because they are too big. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Census Conspiracies Strike Back] Reference
WRG to your comment that MizzWrong and Witlesswallas grew up in dysfunctional families. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Kristol: 9/11 Happened Because Clinton Didn’t Authorize A Warrantless Domestic Spying Program] Reference
Why else do people who grow up in dysfunctional families end up dysfunctional themselves?. From Wordnik.com. [Learning Love] Reference
"His biological family, they put the functional in the word dysfunctional," Nichols said. From Wordnik.com. ["stand firmly with those soldiers who say the hell with this war"] Reference
Men and their fathers raised an appreciation of the word dysfunctional to a whole new level. From Wordnik.com. [A Grave Denied]
Translation: Boozer-loser seeking codependent female for long term dysfunctional relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Looking For Love in the Washington Post] Reference
He was the product of an environment and family that the word dysfunctional does not begin to capture. From Wordnik.com. [Did Kayla Have To Die?] Reference
People sitting on the fence about proposition 19 remind me of people stuck in dysfunctional relationships. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Levine: A Letter to the Undecided: Prop 19] Reference
Because we can and do put the fun in dysfunctional. From Wordnik.com. [31 « May « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling] Reference
There has also been a reduction in the number of so-called dysfunctional schools. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
If any agency could be called dysfunctional, it might be the Interior Department. From Wordnik.com. [Federal Times - News] Reference
But when it gets too unfair it becomes dysfunctional, which is what we have witnessed. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The reason is because we have an agricultural system that is dysfunctional, that is lopsided. From Wordnik.com. [Danielle Nierenberg: Fighting for Farmworkers' Rights for More Than 40 Years] Reference
I hate the broadly generic term dysfunctional family, mostly because I've yet to meet a functional one. From Wordnik.com. [The Minireviews (Books 13-15)] Reference
The later work opens at Dinah's funeral and asks us to care about a family for which the term dysfunctional seems inadequate. From Wordnik.com. ['A Quiet Place,''Intermezzo' Show NYC Opera At Its Best] Reference
If American politics were a marriage, this one has devolved into what shrinks might describe as a dysfunctional, codependency. From Wordnik.com. [War of the Roses and Its Victims] Reference
This will allow government to pay more attention to the renewal of the inner city areas and to so-called dysfunctional communities. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
It says it is responding to "dysfunctional" bond markets. From Wordnik.com. [Central Banks Should Steer Clear of Politics] Reference
She has shown the world what kind of dysfunctional ship U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Siegelman Prosecutors Lash Out at Whistleblowers] Reference
The ministry, it says, is 'dysfunctional' and is 'a ministry in name only. '. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Alterman: The Surge Numbers Speak But Who is Listening?] Reference
He said intervention at "dysfunctional" schools was also reaping good results. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
This boy probably did have, when he was young, some kind of dysfunctional family life. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2009] Reference
He has described the three-way alliance as "dysfunctional" and warned, "the center cannot hold.". From Wordnik.com. [South Africa Strike Exposes Divisions] Reference
Well, with this kind of dysfunctional show, how do you expect to morph migrants to "british" customs?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs came under fire and was accused of being "dysfunctional". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Is this the kind of dysfunctional family where the mother liked one child, the brother, and didn ` t like the daughter?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2009] Reference
George Packer appeared on NewsHour last night and stated that the Iraqi government was "dysfunctional" and "not functioning". From Wordnik.com. [Analysis: How Bad Is The NIE For Maliki?] Reference
He said intelligence agencies were "dysfunctional", and this lack of control opened the way for agencies to pursue their own agendas. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
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