"malfeature" meaning in All languages combined

See malfeature on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: malfeatures [plural]
Etymology: From mal- + feature. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|feature}} mal- + feature Head templates: {{en-noun}} malfeature (plural malfeatures)
  1. A bad feature (cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing).

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