Sentences with phrase «so dysfunctional»

My family life was so dysfunctional that my parents didn't notice I was in so much pain.

We had white cabinets that didn't look bad, but were so dysfunctional.

Apps in the bottom tier were so dysfunctional, Clareity reviewers said, that they almost hurt their brands.

This couple was so damaged and so dysfunctional, they reported to me that they had never — EVER — had a simple conversation over the phone only about their kids.

In addition, Brenda purchased and permitted the boys to install key - locks on their bedroom doors in order that the boys could avoid meals and other contact with Philip during those times he was in charge... [C] ourt - appointed custody evaluator, psychologist Dr. Wayne Graves... observed: «[M] other's psychological status is so dysfunctional that I do not see any remediation possible within any short term time frame as within several years of intense psychological assistance.

One might wonder if the proposition relates only to the top three or four suppliers and if, below that, lies a law publishing business environment that is not so dysfunctional and operates more satisfactorily for all parties.

The most fundamental problem in Canada is the result of a political system so dysfunctional that it can not be called in any sense a democracy.

The fact that it's almost always lawyers who are managing other lawyers is why the legal industry is so dysfunctional.

The problem, of course, is that Congress is so dysfunctional that if you open up that can of worms, you simply don't know what will come out.

I've not reached the stage yet where I had to recruit beta readers for my own stuff, but I have done quite a bit of beta - reading for friends with shorter works, and recently attempted to beta - read a novel for someone, but real life got in the way (my family is so dysfunctional it's not even funny), and I had to drop it.

This family is so dysfunctional on so many levels that it is difficult to determine cause and effect of any relationships.

«It's now so dysfunctional that I sometimes think the only solution is to blow the whole thing up.

And while small schools did bump up graduation rates, in some neighborhoods the needs were so immense, and the schools so dysfunctional, that reformers hit a wall.

And in the district sector, experience has taught us that some schools have been so dysfunctional, for so long, that efforts to «turn them around» are virtually destined to fail.

DPS was so dysfunctional, Bennet concluded, that he could not fix it without significant outside pressure.

I didn't understand that it was PTSD until I was so dysfunctional.

«Our breathing has gotten so dysfunctional that we think it's normal,» she says.

It will be interesting to see how they spin this, since he was once a part of the very leadership team they deemed so dysfunctional.

This state government is so dysfunctional its pathetic.

This is why nothing gets done and why our government is so polarized, so dysfunctional, so extreme, and so pathetic.

The system was so dysfunctional, officials said, that some workers actually declined promotions or jumps to other agencies for fear of losing a parking space it took them years to receive.

I believe it's the American people's belief that Washington is so grid - locked and so dysfunctional that there's no purpose,» said Cuomo.

Our midfield is so dysfunctional getting that sorted should be top priority.

And immigration is so dysfunctional... we really just need comprehensive reform that can [discern between] folks [who just want] to get citizenship and folks who are dangerous.

I'm sorry to hear that the people that you know are so dysfunctional.

They saw the value of demonstrating their love for God by being faithful in the little things; a community that was so dysfunctional became one that was a true «school for saints».

I'm sure that many people who don't believe as you do, have questions as to why and how you could believe in a deity that is so dysfunctional, repressive, and intolerant.

This is the one good explanation why the human race is so dysfunctional.

I worry, because they are so dysfunctional they could eventually get so weak that the Democrats have no balance.

(Unlike elite universities, the military isn't an upper - middle - class institution, so a dysfunctional sexual culture there has received less media attention.)

They are so dysfunctional that they claim persecution while they persecute others.

It's so dysfunctional, it's all top - down management.

Not exact matches

Then there was the pastor who demanded that the congregation «fill in the blanks» of a not - so - old song by a guy the minister described as the «dysfunctional poet savant Lil» Wayne.»

Every city has its own problems, its own stupidities and arrogance of power and dysfunctional mega-corporations, so each city will have its own surprise occupations, and they can all slowly build momentum.

So please, whatever you do, inspire your offspring to be great entrepreneurs without the «dysfunctional family» approach.

What is so refreshing about Jack Goes Boating is that he plays a regular dysfunctional guy rather than a freaky dysfunctional guy.

The language of mainstream contract drafting is dysfunctional, so anyone using document assembly for contract drafting faces a serious garbage - in, garbage - out problem.

I was raised as a catholic and my home was so very dysfunctional in the relationships and just difficult all around.

The point seems to be that the world begins with a dysfunctional family where one son murders another and then runs off and leaves his parents behind so he can marry someone from another land and place.

Not only have they segregated themselves, but they benefit from the social changes that make so many lower - class communities dysfunctional.

It is frustrating in one sense working with dysfunctional people, even more so when they claim to be born again.

So that Ted and Robin, who never made any sense as a couple, could reclaim the blue French horn and bring everything full circle, reviving the dysfunctional relationship that served as the characters» main obstacle to happiness from the get - go?

Dysfunctional families hurt people and so do dysfunctioDysfunctional families hurt people and so do dysfunctionaldysfunctional churches.

He offers healing through words of forgiveness, so this man may find free access to the love of God that will carry him through all of life — a wholeness that a dysfunctional body can not deny him.

The market could be structured to favor long - term, productive investment over speculative profit, but it is not so ordered, for good Lockean reasons that are now increasingly dysfunctional.

Little wonder that they continue to loose so much of the 50 age group and above... we are tired of the dysfunctional spiritual family.

Ironically, in so doing they often put their trust in dysfunctional people and places.

«They are called «clergy killers» — congregations where a small group of members are so disruptive that no pastor is able to maintain spiritual leadership for long.And yet ministers often endure the stresses of these dysfunctional relationships for months, or even years, before eventually being forced out or giving up.

So, I'm not sure how that fits in with calling them dysfunctional.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision