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Definition of malfunction verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

malfunction

verb

NAmE//ˌmælˈfʌŋkʃn//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they malfunction

he / she / it malfunctions

past simple malfunctioned

-ing form malfunctioning

(of a machine, etc.) to fail to work correctly He was killed when his parachute malfunctioned. malfunctioning body cells

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malfunction noun [countable, uncountable]

The drug caused a malfunction in the brain.See malfunction in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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