"malfeature" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: malfeatures [plural]
Etymology: 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).
    Sense id: en-malfeature-en-noun-3ODARQ5x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mal-

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          "ref": "1971 February, Robert B. Harris, “Are Trimarans Seaworthy?”, in Motor Boating & Sailing, page 61",
          "text": "One major malfeature of many present day trimarans is too much exposed window area.",
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          "ref": "1986 July 15, Kaare Christian <kc@rna.UUCP>, \"gps af malfeature\", message-ID <518@rna.UUCP>, net.bugs, Usenet //groups.google.com/d/msg/net.bugs/6cTwhiUXI5Q/drZPNVjG1iEJ",
          "text": "Questionable feature for af.\nOf interest to gps users on various Unix flavors."
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          "ref": "1991, Alan Jeffrey, \"Abstract timed observation and process algebra\", in, 1991, Jos C.M. Baeten and Jan Frisco Groote, editors, CONCUR '91 (proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Concurrency Theory, Amsterdam, 1991), Springer, page 333 //books.google.com/books?id=DFKJDVM_OgAC&lpg=PA333&dq=%22malfeatures%22&pg=PA333",
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