"misfunction" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: misfunction [canonical], misfunctions [third-person, singular], misfunctioned [past], misfunctioned [past, participle], misfunctioning [present, participle]
Etymology: mis- + function Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|mis|function}} mis- + function Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something misfunctions, it does not function correctly. Synonyms: malfunction
    Sense id: simple-misfunction-en-verb-Ebz~3Jbx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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