malfunctioning
- adjective
- /ˌmælˈfʌŋkʃənɪŋ/
:
malfuncionante
- The printer is malfunctioning and won't print any documents.
The child has a malfunctioning gut and suffers from malabsorption.
- The child has a malfunctioning gut and suffers from malabsorption.
- Can we devise a way to deliver a drug directly to the malfunctioning area without affecting healthy brain cells?
- They are not malfunctioning brains or malfunctioning anything.
- You're not fixable and some people are just malfunctioning robots.
- So he picks up a the first malfunctioning animal for the day, an electric cat.
Examples
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My phone was malfunctioning in the most strange ways.
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And he knows that the transporter is malfunctioning in a specific way.
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When you have cells that are malfunctioning, you're sick.
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The child has a malfunctioning gut and suffers from malabsorption.
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They're still trying to do what they can do, but they're malfunctioning intermittently.
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After the power surge, the air conditioner started malfunctioning and making strange noises.
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The vending machine is malfunctioning and has eaten my money without dispensing a snack.
Synonyms
547
2.9
Not working because of a fault or repair
96
6.1
Not working properly or doing its job
61
3.5
Not working correctly because a part is broken or wrong
57
3.9
Having a fault that makes something not work properly
28
2.1
Not working so you cannot use it, like a machine or toilet
17
8.9
Not working properly, like a machine or phone
3
7.7
Not working correctly, often for devices, apps, or websites
3
4.4
Not working or broken
1
3.9
Not working and so not doing its job
Not operating or being used
Not working now or not part of the main business activities
Broken or not in use
Antonyms
How Faulty
Surface Forms
Morphology
malfunctioning = malfunction (transparent) = mal + function + ing
Formed by adding the participial/adjectival '-ing' to 'malfunction'; the resulting meaning 'not working properly' is a regular derivation.
Etymology
The word malfunctioning is made of mal- meaning 'bad' and function meaning 'to work' or 'to do a job'. So a malfunctioning machine is 'working badly' and not doing its job properly.