Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To fail to function properly.
- noun A failure to function properly.
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- noun
faulty functioning - noun
failure tofunction - verb to
function improperly - verb to
fail tofunction
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fail to function or function improperly
- noun a failure to function normally
Etymologies
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Examples
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The cause of the malfunction is under investigation, she said.
Commuter trains among those snagged by Norfolk Southern malfunction Jennifer Buske 2010
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The cause of the malfunction is under investigation, she said.
Commuter trains among those snagged by Norfolk Southern malfunction Jennifer Buske 2010
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The reason for the character malfunction is probably that we've used up the yearly quota of the letter Å with our frivolous mangling of the English language to better suit the spirit of Åcon.
It Lives! Hal Duncan 2007
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The reason for the malfunction is to the man's brand new 2400 baud modem (!) is suitably humorous as well, and not the giveaway it is in other collections in which this story appears.
REVIEW: Isaac Asimov's Halloween edited by Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams 2006
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Whether they came under enemy fire or had a piece of navigation equipment malfunction is anyone's guess.
Mancini, Richard M. 1990
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Whether they came under enemy fire or had a piece of navigation equipment malfunction is anyone's guess.
Thoresen, Donald N. 1990
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Whether they came under enemy fire or had a piece of navigation equipment malfunction is anyone's guess.
Stevens, Phillip P. 1990
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Whether they came under enemy fire or had a piece of navigation equipment malfunction is anyone's guess.
Anderson, Dennis L. 1990
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Whether they came under enemy fire or had a piece of navigation equipment malfunction is anyone's guess.
Roberts, Michael L. 1990
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Whether they came under enemy fire or had a piece of navigation equipment malfunction is anyone's guess.
Olson, Delbert A. 1990
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