malfunctioning

ADJECTIVE

faulty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broken cracked damaged defective deficient erroneous false flawed imprecise inaccurate inadequate incomplete insufficient invalid leaky unreliable

WEAK

adulterated amiss awry bad below par blamable blemished botched debased distorted fallacious fallible frail impaired imperfect inexact injured lame lemon maimed malformed marred out of order rank sick tainted unfit unretentive unsound warped weak wrong

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK accurate adequate ample complete correct enough faultless fixed flawless honest perfect reliable right sufficient true unbroken valid working

WEAK

sound strong

ADJECTIVE

jammed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blocked clogged swollen wedged

STRONG

barred caught fast fastened fixed frozen lodged obstructed sandwiched trammeled warped

WEAK

immovable out of order stiff unworkable

Antonyms

STRONG

impermanent unfixed

WEAK

clear empty loose operating vacant

ADJECTIVE

on the fritz

Synonyms

WEAK

bonkers broken faulty haywire inoperable kerflooey not working on the blink on the bum out of commission out of kilter out of order out of whack

Example Sentences

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Future studies should examine ways to integrate the hierarchical structure of these diverse cell definitions in analyses and consider alternate models of in vivo brain functioning, said Holmes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Dementia is a syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

Lately, however, his brain functioning, as impossible as it may be to believe, seems even worse.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2023

Reported delays in physical movement, language, social awareness and brain functioning among children ages 3–17 rose from 7.40% in 2019 to 8.56% in 2021, the CDC said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2023

It speeds up communication between the hemispheres and affects language and higher-order brain functioning.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

malfunctioning

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