Sentence examples for a serious dysfunction from inspiring English sources

The overexploitation of natural resources, resulting in an increased need for arable lands by local populations, causes a serious dysfunction in the soil's biological functioning (mineral deficiency, salt stress, etc).

In northern Africa, the ecological upheavals caused by deforestation and overgrazing give rise to a serious dysfunction, which affects high-altitude forests in particular.

The result wasn't a serious dysfunction but merely a dearth of sleep for a year after discharge, as I would wake and stay awake every night.

Ironically, it was a week of serious dysfunction on the Ranch.

What if, a few months from now, your freshman shows signs of serious dysfunction; he's gaming 15 hours a day, getting himself into a hole academically; she's "pre-gaming," binge-drinking, endangering her health; he's depressed and refusing to leave his dorm room?

However, SMI was not specifically defined in the Massachusetts study other than stating "evidence of serious dysfunction" as an inclusion criterion [1], which might explain the discrepancy.

France has been pressing Indonesia to spare him; on Thursday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius wrote in a letter to his Indonesian counterpart that "serious dysfunction" in the country's legal system had denied Mr. Atlaoui his rights.

The faint pulse of the health of the American democracy is indicative of a serious systemic dysfunction suggesting the need for a major surgery, or at least an end to the two-party monopoly.

There is a continuum from optimal health to hidden imbalance to serious dysfunction to disease.

The result: the U.S.O.C. has misinterpreted key sections of the statute, contributing to serious dysfunction.

Should such people be labeled with psychiatric diseases, though the rest of their lives have no serious dysfunction?