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malfunction

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nounverb
Quick answer

As a noun, malfunction means faulty functioning. As a verb, it means function improperly.

Meanings of malfunction

4 meanings

noun

  1. Faulty functioning.

  2. Failure to function.

verb

  1. To function improperly.

    “She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned.”

  2. To fail to function.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: fail to function or function improperly
misfunction
Oppositesfunction

Words that rhyme with malfunction

functionjunctioninjunctiondysfunctionconjunctioncompunction

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