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MISFUNCTION
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misfunction ... he / she / it misfunctions
Past simple: misfunctioned
Past participle: misfunctioned
-ing form: misfunctioning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fail to function or function improperly
Example:
the coffee maker malfunctioned
Synonyms:
malfunction; misfunction
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "misfunction" is one way to...):
break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad (stop operating or functioning)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "misfunction"):
jam (get stuck and immobilized)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
