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malfunctions

malfunctions is the plural of malfunction.

malfunctions is the third-person singular simple present indicative of malfunction.

Meaning of malfunction

Noun

malfunction (plural malfunctions)

  1. Faulty functioning.
    • This weekend, as videos of robotaxi malfunctions began appearing on social media, opponents say they are seeing their fears realized.2023 August 14, Kari Paul, “Robotaxi breakdowns cause mayhem in San Francisco days after expansion vote”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. Failure to function.

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Phrases with malfunctions

Questions about malfunctions

What is malfunctions the plural of?
Malfunctions is the plural of malfunction.

Words near malfunctions in the dictionary

  1. malfunctioned
  2. malfunctioner
  3. malfunctioners
  4. malfunctioning
  5. malfunctionings
  6. malfunctions
  7. Malgache
  8. Malgaches
  9. malgender
  10. Malgham
  11. Malghum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malfunctions (page history and authors); malfunction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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