malfunction
Example Sentences
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A hint of farce came when the scorecard malfunctioned, showing Wood to be batting despite being in hospital at the time.
From BBC
Soon, a systems malfunction foils the team’s surveillance of their targeted compound.
Other drawbacks include the rapid advances of AI chips which could make an orbiting data center quickly obsolete, as well as the difficulty in fixing a malfunctioning satellite.
From Los Angeles Times
In October 2006, a major storm caused the system containing the foams to malfunction and release it on the site.
From BBC
But he's a symptom of it, a failing cog in a malfunctioning machine.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
