malfunctioning

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Malfunctioning flares can allow excess methane to seep into the atmosphere.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

Malfunctioning elevators have repeatedly gone unfixed for days on end, leaving many of the vulnerable, mostly Chinese American residents marooned on their floors.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Tumor suppressors are similar to brakes in a vehicle: Malfunctioning brakes can contribute to a car crash.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Malfunctioning Hatchimals are just the most visible example this holiday season of the challenges toy makers face when producing a complicated design, or ramping up production of a very popular product.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2016

Malfunctioning of language points to the biological endowment and the ways this is projected in reality through everything people do.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai