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English

Etymology

From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function

Pronunciation

Noun

malfunction (plural malfunctions)

  1. Faulty functioning.
  2. Failure to function.

Verb

to malfunction (third-person singular simple present malfunctions, present participle malfunctioning, simple past and past participle malfunctioned)

  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

Translations

to function improperly
  • Polish: wadliwie działać
  • !Xóõ: ǁʻàa
to fail to function
  • !Xóõ: ǁʻàa

 

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