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malfunction
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malfunction has 1 sense
- malfunction(n = noun.event) Array - a failure to function normally; Array is a kind of failure
has particulars: blowout, stall
Derived form verb malfunction1
Verb malfunction has 1 sense
- malfunction(v = verb.contact) misfunction - fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" is one way to break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad
Antonym: function
Derived form noun malfunction1
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
malfunction, n. & v.
--n. a failure to function in a normal or satisfactory manner.
--v.intr. fail to function normally or satisfactorily.
--n. a failure to function in a normal or satisfactory manner.
--v.intr. fail to function normally or satisfactorily.
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