different between dysfunctional vs malfunction
dysfunctional
English
Etymology
From dysfunction +? -al.
Adjective
dysfunctional (comparative more dysfunctional, superlative most dysfunctional)
- Not performing its proper or intended function.
- Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Usage notes
Used frequently in regard to social and organizational functioning: "dysfunctional quality assurance", dysfunctional family, dysfunctional behavior.
Antonyms
- eufunctional
- functional
Derived terms
- dysfunctionality
- dysfunctionalization
- dysfunctionally
Related terms
- dysfunction (noun)
Translations
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malfunction
English
Etymology
From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?mæl?f??k.??n/
- Rhymes: -??k??n
Noun
malfunction (plural malfunctions)
- faulty functioning
- failure to function
Derived terms
- wardrobe malfunction
Translations
Verb
malfunction (third-person singular simple present malfunctions, present participle malfunctioning, simple past and past participle malfunctioned)
- to function improperly
- She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned.
- to fail to function
Translations
malfunction From the web:
- what malfunction means
- what malfunction indicator light
- what malfunctioned on apollo 13
- what malfunctioned on the challenger
- what does engine malfunction mean
- what does 1 malfunction mean
- what's malfunction
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