dysfunctionally

IPA/dɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl.i/
IPA/dɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl.i/

dysfunctionally — 副詞

1. Describes how a family, team, or organisation operates when broken patterns of c

1.副詞C2
釋義

功能失調地

以功能失調或不正常的方式運作

Describes how a family, team, or organisation operates when broken patterns of communication or behaviour prevent it from working well.

例句

The Fletcher family was <hl>dysfunctionally</hl> run; parents rarely spoke openly to their children.

Fletcher 一家長期以功能失調的方式運作；父母很少跟子女公開談話。

passive: be dysfunctionally + past participle (run)

The sales team was <hl>dysfunctionally</hl> organised; each worker did their own tasks alone.

銷售團隊的組織方式失能；每位員工只獨自做自己的工作。

passive: be dysfunctionally + past participle (organised)

同義詞
  • unhealthily

    less formal; focuses on harmful emotional or relational patterns rather than systemic failure

  • maladaptively

    more clinical; used in psychology for coping behaviours that make a problem worse

  • inadequately

    broader; does not carry the relational or systemic meaning of dysfunctionally

反義詞
  • functionally

    direct opposite; describes healthy, efficient operation

  • effectively

    near opposite; focuses on achieving desired results

文法句型

operate/behave/run + dysfunctionally

be dysfunctionally + past participle

用法筆記

This is the adverb form of dysfunctional, commonly used in psychology, organisational behaviour, and family therapy to describe how systems, groups, or relationships operate in a harmful or ineffective way. It is a formal term and appears more often in academic or clinical writing than in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

❌The team worked dysfunctionally' (when meaning simply 'poorly').
✅The team worked dysfunctionally, with members hiding information from each other.
💡'dysfunctionally' implies a deep pattern of broken relationships or systems, not just low-quality output.