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Discover LudwigThe phrase "slightly dysfunctional" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not functioning properly but to a minor extent, often in a humorous or light-hearted context. Example: "Our family gatherings can be slightly dysfunctional, but we always manage to have a good time together."
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We're still slightly dysfunctional but maybe that's what makes us tick".
I think slightly dysfunctional families are actually more common than people realise.
In a small, conservative north Yorkshire market town Beastie Boys sounded like nothing I'd heard before: snotty, urban, aggressive and more than slightly dysfunctional – every teenage boy's dream.
But he admired their "personal, passionate way of working" while likening the experience to joining a "slightly dysfunctional – very dysfunctional – family".
Like many of the other characters in these two books, Eeyore is a slightly dysfunctional human adult masquerading as an animal.
The result was a slightly dysfunctional blend of toga dresses — which gave a streamlined spirit to scarf prints — and peasant blouses.
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And Mr Obama's plan to "support Afghan ministries, governors and local leaders who combat corruption and deliver for the people" may produce an Afghan state that is slightly less dysfunctional than the current one.
AMERICANS NOW THINK GOVERNMENT IS SLIGHTLY LESS DYSFUNCTIONAL - Dana Blanton: "Uncle Sam's performance doesn't stink as much this year, according to the latest Fox News poll.
I somehow got through school, had many friends, had some slightly (make that excessively) dysfunctional relationships, and even did some traveling.
VEGF-B is highly expressed in cardiomyocytes; however, mice lacking VEGF-B are viable and display mild cardiac phenotypes, such as a slightly smaller heart size and dysfunctional coronary vasculature in one strain (Bellomo et al, 2000) and a prolonged PQ interval in the electrocardiogram in another strain (Aase et al, 2001).
Both are products of what are now blithely called dysfunctional families, and are scorned by the slightly less marginalised kids around them.
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