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• v  fail to function or function improperly
• a  not performing or able to perform its regular function
  a malfunctioning valve

• First, surgeons drill a pair of dime-size holes in the skull and thread fine wires down to whatever area of the brain is misfiring or otherwise malfunctioning.
• This was a warning and an urgent one: the electrical bomb-locking system was malfunctioning, and in the bomb bay lay an unarmed nuclear bomb.
• Yet this malfunctioning of communication has nothing to do with Japan's "uniqueness," some essence inherent in its history or tradition that sets it apart from .

• malfunction
• misfunction
• nonfunctional

• function
• functioning

News & Articles

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• Atlanta airport explosion linked to power unit
  ATLANTA (AP) — Officials at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport say a small explosion and power outage was likely caused by a malfunctioning power supply unit.
  June 11, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• 901-528-CASH under repair
  The main CrimeStoppers phone line at 901-528-CASH (2274) began malfunctioning late this past weekend. Technicians have been working diligently over the past two days to restore service. Additional notifications
  June 11, 2013 - FOX 13 Memphis
• Investigators probing power supply unit after explosion at Atlanta airport concourse
  ATLANTA — Officials at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport say a small explosion and power outage was likely caused by a malfunctioning power supply unit.
  June 11, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Pieter van Vollenhoven in The Gazette (Montreal)
  We are focussing the investigation on the malfunctioning radio altimeter and its consequences. Whether there could have been a different reaction will take more time to find out,Van Vollenhoven said.
• LK Advani in Zee News
  We should revert to ballot papers unless the Election Commission is able to ensure that Electronic Voting Machines are foolproof and every possibility of their malfunctioning is taken care of,Advani told a newspaper in an interview on Saturday.
• Rupert Murdoch in C21Media
  We are now in the midst of an epochal debate over the value of content and it is clear to many newspapers that the current model is malfunctioning,said Murdoch. "The current days of the internet will soon be over."