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See definition of malfunctioning on Dictionary.com
  • as infaulty
  • as injammed
  • as inon the fritz

synonyms for malfunctioning

  • broken
  • cracked
  • damaged
  • defective
  • deficient
  • erroneous
  • false
  • flawed
  • imprecise
  • inaccurate
  • inadequate
  • incomplete
  • insufficient
  • invalid
  • leaky
  • unreliable
  • 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
  • blocked
  • clogged
  • swollen
  • wedged
  • barred
  • caught
  • fast
  • fastened
  • fixed
  • frozen
  • lodged
  • obstructed
  • sandwiched
  • warped
  • immovable
  • out of order
  • stiff
  • unworkable
On this page you'll find 111 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to malfunctioning, such as: broken, cracked, damaged, defective, deficient, and erroneous.

antonyms for malfunctioning

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  • OK
  • accurate
  • adequate
  • ample
  • complete
  • correct
  • enough
  • faultless
  • fixed
  • flawless
  • honest
  • perfect
  • reliable
  • right
  • sufficient
  • true
  • unbroken
  • valid
  • working
  • sound
  • strong
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    How to use malfunctioning in a sentence

    Meanwhile, dogs have about 850 receptor types and mice about 1,100 or 1,200, so they are capable of discerning a much greater variety of smells—including those produced by the malfunctions of our bodies.
    THE DOCTOR WILL SNIFF YOU NOW - ISSUE 95: ESCAPELINA ZELDOVICHFEBRUARY 3, 2021NAUTILUS
    Additional funding will also ease perennial problems of US democracy, like long lines or voting machine malfunctions.
    HOW TO AVOID ANOTHER ELECTION YEAR LIKE 2020JEN KIRBYJANUARY 15, 2021VOX
    One of the most egregious malfunctions happened in Michigan in 2013.
    THE COMING WAR ON THE HIDDEN ALGORITHMS THAT TRAP PEOPLE IN POVERTYKAREN HAODECEMBER 4, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
    The wiring on all of these things can fray, overheat, malfunction and start a fire.
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    This type of error is common, Mahar said, and often due to human error or computer malfunction.
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    He envisaged a future free of pool hall smells and the glandular malfunctioning of his predator owner.
    THE LAND OF LOOK BEHINDPAUL CAMERON BROWN
    It is a typical example of malfunctioning, probably as vivid as the language of politics.
    THE CIVILIZATION OF ILLITERACYMIHAI NADIN
    As a result carbon deposits form that eventually cause malfunctioning of the spark plugs, valves, and combustion chambers.
    THE FIRST AIRPLANE DIESEL ENGINE: PACKARD MODEL DR-980 OF 1928ROBERT B. MEYER
    We find pleasure in them because they tend to excuse our badly malfunctioning circuits.
    HUMAN ERRORRAYMOND F. JONES
    But the medics think it was some malfunctioning of the lungs.
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    WORDS RELATED TO MALFUNCTIONING

    • barred
    • blocked
    • caught
    • clogged
    • fast
    • fastened
    • fixed
    • frozen
    • immovable
    • lodged
    • malfunctioning
    • obstructed
    • out of order
    • sandwiched
    • stiff
    • swollen
    • unworkable
    • warped
    • wedged
    Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.