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antifunctional

adj

Etymology

From anti- + functional.

  1. derived from *bʰewg-✻
  2. derived from functiō — “performance, execution”
  3. derived from fonction
  4. borrowed from function
  5. formed as functional — “function + -al”
  6. prefixed as antifunctional — “anti + functional”

Definitions

  1. Opposing or hindering a function.

    • It may, for example, be functional when applied with moderation but antifunctional when applied profusely, as is clearly the case with acronyms, usually written in capital letters.

The neighborhood

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