non-functioning
adjective
(alsononfunctioning)uk/ˌnɒnˈfʌŋk.ʃən.ɪŋ/us/ˌnɑːnˈfʌŋk.ʃən.ɪŋ/(of amachine,systemetc.) notworking, or notworkingin thecorrectorusualway:
Non-functioningtrafficlightsat thejunctionhadcausedthecrash.
Following thebreak-in, thecompanywascriticizedfor notmaintainingthe non-functioningsecuritysystem.
Synonym
non-functional
- Shefellilland had to go intohospitalto have a non-functioningkidneyremoved.
- The nonfunctioninglegalsystemhascontributedto theproblem.
- Awholerangeofproblemsplaguedthecountry:endemicviolence, ashatteredstate, a nonfunctioningeconomy, and alackofleadership.
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