Usually means: Failure to operate as intended.
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  1. misfunction: Merriam-Webster
  2. misfunction: Vocabulary.com
  3. misfunction: Wiktionary
  4. misfunction: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. misfunction: Dictionary.com
  6. misfunction: Rhymezone
  7. misfunction: FreeDictionary.org
  8. misfunction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. misfunction: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misfunction)

▸ noun:  Synonym of malfunction
▸ verb:  To function incorrectly; to malfunction.

Similar:
malfunction, miswork, malfunctioner, malintegration, maloperation, defect, trouble, misfiring, malconduct, disalignment, more...

Opposite:
function, work, operate, run, perform

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Similar:
malfunction, miswork, malfunctioner, malintegration, maloperation, defect, trouble, misfiring, malconduct, disalignment, more...

Opposite:
function, work, operate, run, perform



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