antifunctional
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anti- + functional.
Adjective
[edit]antifunctional (comparative more antifunctional, superlative most antifunctional)
- Opposing or hindering a function.
- 2013, Pieter A. M. Seuren, From Whorf to Montague: Explorations in the Theory of Language, page 111:
- 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.