Malfunctioning is an English word with synonyms like nonfunctional or dead. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Malfunctioning in a sentence
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Malfunctioning meaning
present participle and gerund of malfunction
Synonyms of Malfunctioning
Using Malfunctioning
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of malfunction
- Useful related words include: nonfunctional, run-down, out of whack, dead.
- In the example corpus, malfunctioning often appears in combinations such as: malfunctioning of, to malfunctioning, of malfunctioning.
Context around Malfunctioning
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Malfunctioning
- In this selection, "malfunctioning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, riders, 124, suspect, ministry, accordion and androids stand out and add context to how "malfunctioning" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a chronically malfunctioning facility averaging and also a malfunctioning ministry of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "malfunctioning" sits close to words such as airbags, akure and aman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with malfunctioning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Malfunctioning washing machines have also caused problems for students. (9 words)
Check out the video of other riders malfunctioning while occupied by riders. (12 words)
That's the equivalent of 124 malfunctioning terminals each day, on average. (12 words)
Apart from this, the Congress in its various posts on X complained of EVM malfunctioning and accused the BJP of not allowing people to cast votes in three booths in Bela Khara village in Rae Bareli district. (37 words)
It has pleased Blantyre Water Board (BWB) to award a contract worth over 480 million kwacha to a company, Creck Hardware, which recently supplied it with malfunctioning prepaid billing meters which the board is currently recalling. (36 words)
A faulty or malfunctioning brake light switch is a common cause of a shifter that you can't move out of park, but the same issue can be caused by a blown brake light fuse. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
At the root of a dysfunctional health sector is also a malfunctioning ministry of health.
Books that should stand upright and confident lie without strength in their spines until they fall down like a malfunctioning accordion.
Check out the video of other riders malfunctioning while occupied by riders.
Check Your Hardware: If your touchpad is physically damaged or malfunctioning, you may need to replace it.
Company mainstay Jesse Scales proves irresistible leading the troupe through a series of witty transformations: from marionettes to animal hybrids to malfunctioning androids.
Employees discovered the body of a 45-year-old electrical technician who is believed to have been electrocuted while repairing a malfunctioning light.
In all three incidences the fires were caused by faulty or malfunctioning d.c. isolators.
Malfunctioning battery sensors can also cause charging issues, as they may not accurately detect the battery's charge level and prevent the laptop from charging as a result.
That's the equivalent of 124 malfunctioning terminals each day, on average.
The police suspect malfunctioning of the e-rickshaw battery behind the incident.
The problem appears to be related to a malfunctioning attack surface reduction (ASR) rule issued with Windows Defender security intelligence update on Friday, 13 January 2023.
While they go over bankruptcy notices, one of the members notices the supposed handyman working on the door and connects his activities to the phone lines and internet malfunctioning.
A 2021 report by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission painted a picture of a chronically malfunctioning facility, averaging 91.5 days per year of outages over a decade.
A faulty or malfunctioning brake light switch is a common cause of a shifter that you can't move out of park, but the same issue can be caused by a blown brake light fuse.
After further analysis, they found this was because the transmitter on one of the muon systems was malfunctioning.
Apart from this, the Congress in its various posts on X complained of EVM malfunctioning and accused the BJP of not allowing people to cast votes in three booths in Bela Khara village in Rae Bareli district.
During recent inspections, he found that nearly 50% of the air-conditioned (AC) buses suffered from water leakage and malfunctioning cooling systems.
For example, a company can be fully compliant on DEI, but if their products start malfunctioning, then they are not doing society any good.
It has pleased Blantyre Water Board (BWB) to award a contract worth over 480 million kwacha to a company, Creck Hardware, which recently supplied it with malfunctioning prepaid billing meters which the board is currently recalling.
Malfunctioning washing machines have also caused problems for students.
Common combinations with malfunctioning
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- malfunctioning of 7×
- to malfunctioning 6×
- of malfunctioning 6×
- was malfunctioning 6×
- the malfunctioning 5×
- or malfunctioning 4×
- malfunctioning and 4×
- is malfunctioning 4×
- with malfunctioning 3×
- by malfunctioning 3×