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- verb Present participle of
misfunction . - adjective That is not
functioning properly;malfunctioning
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Examples
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Angyal seems to think that the two systems are different and that the individual alternates between them — but it seems obvious to me that the latter bionegative system is explainable as a functioning, or misfunctioning, of the biopositive system.
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It was a short exciting near death experience, which included, among other added features, slightly misfunctioning brakes and an out of date license tag.
U-Haul. Grr. mariness 2006
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Their complaint, however, is not about the misfunctioning of strategic planning but about the harmful aspects of its proper functioning!
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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Their complaint, however, is not about the misfunctioning of strategic planning but about the harmful aspects of its proper functioning!
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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True, the record is unintelligible, except as it points out certain gross misfunctioning of the cerebral mechanism; but who would now place bounds on where such a thing may lead?
As We May Think 1969
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The misfunctioning of any hormone insofar as it upsets the body's chemical mechanisms is going to interfere with growth to some extent.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Apparently, nonfunctioning ganglia are preferable to misfunctioning ones.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Our keenest observers can find no trace of his activities elsewhere, with the possible exception of the misfunctioning of the experimental hyper-spatial tube of our allies of Delgon.
Gray Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950
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True, the record is unintelligible, except as it points out certain gross misfunctioning of the cerebral mechanism; but who would now place bounds on where such a thing may lead?
As We May Think 1945
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Bicêtre subjects, but as it was there could have been no misfunctioning of the senses, no morbid visions, because the wounds, the marks of the blows, the material fact, visible and tangible, are present for testimony.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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