0 past simple and past participle of malfunction --
1 to fail to work or operate correctly --
The pilots, however, turned the system off, suspecting it to have malfunctioned.
Some equipment had malfunctioned, but we were satisfied that it had nothing to do with the nuclear aspect of the operation.
I was shown the baggage door and the locking systems which malfunctioned to allow the door to fall off the aircraft.
Doors have malfunctioned and elderly people in my constituency have had difficulties boarding them.
It has to do with the fact that my voting machine malfunctioned in the vote on amendment motions 34 and 35.
On one occasion the machine that protected him from fumes malfunctioned and blew fumes into his face rather than away from him.
I am not directly responsible for the website or the computer that malfunctioned in terms of sending information to him.
He discovered a number of cases where machines had malfunctioned resulting in tampering with mail.
