Malfunction Definition

măl-fŭngkshən
malfunctioned, malfunctioning, malfunctions
verb
malfunctioned, malfunctioning, malfunctions
To fail to function as it should.
Webster's New World
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noun
malfunctions
The act or an instance of malfunctioning.
Webster's New World
A failure to function properly.
American Heritage

Faulty functioning.

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Other Word Forms of Malfunction

Noun

Singular:
malfunction
Plural:
malfunctions

Origin of Malfunction

  • From mal- (“bad, incorrect") + function

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Malfunction Sentence Examples

  • The worst cases are errors caused by hardware malfunction.

  • The pejorative connotation of an optical illusion is a visual malfunction.

  • According to some sources, the crash was due to a technical malfunction.

  • Each defect acts in combination with the others to create a malfunction of the heart.

  • Regardless of the specific cause of DIC, the results are a malfunction of thrombin (an enzyme) and prothrombin (a glycoprotein), which activate the fibrinolytic system, releasing clotting factors in the blood.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAL

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With M and Ending With N

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With M11 Letter Words Ending With N