Dysfunctional
Dysfunctional adjective - Impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ.
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Screwed up and dysfunctional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Screwed up" instead an adjective "Dysfunctional".
Nearby Word: dysfunction
Screwed up
Dysfunctional and screwed up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dysfunctional" instead an adjective phrase "Screwed up".
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But given the screwed up process by which they are created, they can't help but be dysfunctional (and a bit psychotic).
Source: Dysfunctional Family - Big Screwed-Up Family: All Leviathans are one very screwed up distant family and each Splat has details of the inevitably dysfunctional dynamics they tend to create with their mortal family.
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Dysfunctional Family: The Morgendorffers have their friction, but compared to Jane's completely screwed up family - who (among other faults) has left her and her barely older brother to fend for themselves - they're The Brady Bunch.
Source: Western Animation / Daria
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