Usually means: Failure to operate as intended.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word malfunction:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. malfunction: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. malfunction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. malfunction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. malfunction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. malfunction: Vocabulary.com
  6. Malfunction, malfunction: Wordnik
  7. malfunction: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. malfunction: Wiktionary
  9. malfunction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. malfunction: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. malfunction: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. malfunction: Dictionary.com
  13. malfunction: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. malfunction: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Malfunction (parachuting), Malfunction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. malfunction: Rhymezone
  17. malfunction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. malfunction: Free Dictionary
  19. malfunction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. malfunction: Dictionary/thesaurus
  21. malfunction: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Malfunction (parachuting), malfunction: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. malfunction: CCI Computer
  2. Malfunction (parachuting), malfunction: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  3. Malfunction (parachuting), malfunction: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Malfunction: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See malfunctioned as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Faulty functioning.
noun:  Failure to function.
verb:  To function improperly.
verb:  To fail to function.

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