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Malfunction
01
a failure to function or work properly
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
malfunctions
Examples
The sudden malfunction of the elevator left everyone stranded on the top floor.
to malfunction
01
to fail to operate properly or correctly
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
malfunction
3rd person singular
malfunctions
Present participle
malfunctioning
Past simple
malfunctioned
Past participle
malfunctioned
Examples
The printer malfunctioned during the presentation.
