malfunctioned
past simple and past participle ofmalfunction
malfunction
verb[I]
formaluk/ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/tofailtoworkoroperatecorrectly
Synonyms
break(DAMAGE)
break down(MACHINE)
Opposites
function
work
Machines - not functioning
- act
- break
- brokenness
- brownout
- burn out
- conk
- conk out
- cut
- cutsomethingout
- DDoS
- defective
- dysfunction
- fritz
- idle
- incapacitate
- shot
- shudder to a haltidiom
- shutdown
- stall
- temperamentally
Examplesofmalfunctioned
malfunctioned
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Later the oil stove and heater in the hutmalfunctionedfor a time.
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Trials in which the voice keymalfunctionedor the computer crashed were considered lost trials and were not counted as errors.
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Data (light trap and corresponding human bait catch) for nights when either one or more light trapsmalfunctionedwere excluded from the analysis.
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Catches from traps thatmalfunctionedwere discarded.
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The systemmalfunctionedon 34 occasions in 1985, 32 in 1986 and 40 in 1987.
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Before he went back to prison, his tagmalfunctioned15 times.
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The systemmalfunctionedon 22 occasions in 1988.
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He discovered a number of cases where machines hadmalfunctionedresulting in tampering with mail.
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I am not directly responsible for the website or the computer thatmalfunctionedin terms of sending information to him.
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On one occasion the machine that protected him from fumesmalfunctionedand blew fumes into his face rather than away from him.
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It has to do with the fact that my voting machinemalfunctionedin the vote on amendment motions 34 and 35.
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Doors havemalfunctionedand elderly people in my constituency have had difficulties boarding them.
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I was shown the baggage door and the locking systems whichmalfunctionedto allow the door to fall off the aircraft.
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Some equipment hadmalfunctioned, but we were satisfied that it had nothing to do with the nuclear aspect of the operation.
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The pilots, however, turned the system off, suspecting it to havemalfunctioned.
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