verb
noun
Freq #11712
Meanings
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1
verb
To stop working properly or fail to work at all.
The printer malfunctioned and jammed halfway through the job.
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2
noun
A failure to work correctly.
A software malfunction grounded several flights.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
verb
· to stop working properly or...
misfunction
2
noun
· a failure to work correctly.
dysfunction
Word family
Forms
malfunctionedmalfunctioningmalfunctions
Derived forms
malfunctionalmalfunctioner
Etymology
From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function.