Naturally he had a dysfunctional background in some provincial burgh.

I came from a fairly dysfunctional background.

The facility also tries to work with inmates' families, but often these young people come from such dysfunctional backgrounds that it isn't possible.

He said many prisoners need their lives to be 'managed' after they are released as often they come from dysfunctional backgrounds.

Her associates in these criminal activities, who came from similarly dysfunctional backgrounds, provided her with a sense of belonging that she no longer found at home.

It was an oddly touching portrait of a loving but dysfunctional family still talking to itself against some odds.

His unfortunate character defect could well be the result of being brought up in a dysfunctional family.

The film opts for the familiar dramatic terrain of the dysfunctional family who have to face up to their dysfunctions.

Ah, but everyone knows you must have a dysfunctional family to write a memoir.

It might sound gloomy but it's laced with razor-sharp black humour, dysfunctional family dynamics and complex characters.

They never had a 'chummy' relationship and both had a dysfunctional relationship with food that resulted in overeating and the consumption of diet pills.

However, if you are constantly biting your tongue for fear of upsetting her, you are in danger of collaborating in her dysfunctional relationship with food.

It started a long and dysfunctional relationship with food.

She describes that period as the worst time of her life and 'a horrible dysfunctional relationship'.

The show explores several relevant issues faced by the youth, including bullying, peer pressure, dysfunctional relationships, rivalry, infidelity, vague sense of morality and even crime.

In short, we each contributed to creating a dysfunctional system.

Employers just can't tolerate this dysfunctional system any more.

For many it was the final straw, enough to bring down a dysfunctional system.

This dysfunctional system requires more supply.

The only common ground was that 14,000 pages of tax legislation was evidence of a dysfunctional system.