"maloperation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maloperations [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation English maloperation From mal- + operation. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mal-|operation|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation English maloperation [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "male", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "mal-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mal-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "operation", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "operation", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "operātiō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "operacion", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "operacioun", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "operation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "maloperation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="maloperation"> From mal- + operation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} maloperation (plural maloperations)
  1. A faulty or incorrect operation (of a device, process or system).

Inflected forms

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