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View definitions for malfunctioning

malfunctioning

adjective as in jammed

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After TSA notified residents in August of an impending 7% rent increase, nearly 40 tenants emailed letters protesting the rent spike and airing grievances, including malfunctioning fire alarms and elevator breakdowns.

Footage from ABC7 News helicopters showed amusement park staff using a crane to perform repairs on the malfunctioning ride at around 3:30 p.m.

Early on election day in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, a Republican stronghold, there were problems with voting machines malfunctioning.

From BBC

A woman who miscarries and needs medical care is, in this worldview, much like a malfunctioning appliance.

From Salon

Regulators found refinery workers had repaired a pump that had been malfunctioning, but they failed to inspect the equipment following repairs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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