misfunction
verb[I]
uk/mɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˌmɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən/tofailtoworkoroperatecorrectly:
Thepausebuttonseemsto be misfunctioning.
Theaimwas for thedrugstotargetthe misfunctioningcells.
Synonym
malfunctionformal
- Thelightshad misfunctioned.
- Theauthorswent on toclaimthatcapitalismwas misfunctioning.
- He said that theinstitutionwas misfunctioning.
- Criticsinsistedthat thewholewelfaresystemwas misfunctioning.
- This is animportantaspectofourknowledgeof howcellsfunctionand misfunction.
- These are misfunctioningversionsofspecificgenes.
Machines - not functioning
- act
- blink
- break
- brokenness
- brownout
- burn out
- conk
- conk out
- cut
- cutsomethingout
- DDoS
- dead
- defective
- dysfunction
- fritz
- idle
- incapacitate
- knackered
- shudder to a haltidiom
- stall
misfunction
noun[CorU]
uk/mɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˌmɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən/afailuretoworkoroperatecorrectly:
If no misfunction issensed, thesystemwillreboot.
Theaimwas tofurtherscientists'understandingofbrainfunctionand misfunction.
Synonym
malfunctionformal
Compare
dysfunction
- Themachinehad a misfunction, but wasfixed.
- It is notknownwhatcausedthe misfunction.
- Itseemedthat no misfunction hadoccurred.
- Thesignalsthat arereceivedwillindicateeitherproperfunctionor misfunction.
- Phobias canleadtosocial,emotional, andpsychologicalmisfunction.
- Misfunction ofproteinscanresultindisease.
- There was nosignof misfunction.
Faults and mistakes
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- blemish
- error
- failing
- false move
- faux pas
- flaw
- malaprop
- miscue
- misperception
- misprint
- misspelling
- that's/it'syourfuneral!idiom
- typo
- wardrobe malfunction
- weakness
- what price...?idiom
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Machines - not functioning