misfunction

Thesaurus

Verb

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misfunction - fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned"malfunctionconk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"jam - get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"