malfunction

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Pronunciation

• (RP, America) IPA: /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/

Noun

malfunction (plural malfunctions)

1. faulty functioning
2. failure to function

Translations

• French: défaut de fonctionnement
• German: Fehlfunktion, Funktionsstörung
• Italian: malfunzionamento
• Portuguese: mau funcionamento, funcionamento defeituoso
• Russian: неиспра́вность
• Spanish: funcionamiento defectuoso, malfuncionamiento

Translations

• French: défaut de fonctionnement
• German: Fehlfunktion, Funktionsstörung
• Italian: malfunzionamento
• Portuguese: não-funcionamento
• Russian: поло́мка

Verb

malfunction (malfunctions, present participle malfunctioning; 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

• German: nicht funktionieren
• Russian: пло́хо рабо́тать

Translations

• German: nicht funktionieren
• Russian: не рабо́тать

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