MISFUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misfunction mean? 

• MISFUNCTION (verb)
  The verb MISFUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. fail to function or function improperly

  Familiarity information: MISFUNCTION used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISFUNCTION (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

malfunction; misfunction

Context example:

the coffee maker malfunctioned

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