Adjacent Words
Malevolencemalevolency
Malevolent
malevolent program
Malevolently
Malevolous
Malexecution
Maleyl
Malfeasance
malfeasant
Malformation
malformed
malfunctioning
malgr
malfunction definitions
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a failure to function normally v
1: fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" [syn: malfunction, misfunction] [ant: function, go, operate, run, work]
Merriam Webster's
intransitive verb Date: 1958 to function imperfectly or badly; fail to operate normally • malfunction noun
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. & v. --n. a failure to function in a normal or satisfactory manner. --v.intr. fail to function normally or satisfactorily.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(malfunctions, malfunctioning, malfunctioned) If a machine or part of the body malfunctions, it fails to work properly. (FORMAL) The radiation can damage microprocessors and computer memories, causing them to malfunction... VERB: V • Malfunction is also a noun. There must have been a computer malfunction. N-COUNT
