different between dysfunctional vs malfunction

dysfunctional

English

Etymology

From dysfunction +? -al.

Adjective

dysfunctional (comparative more dysfunctional, superlative most dysfunctional)

  1. Not performing its proper or intended function.
  2. 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)

  1. faulty functioning
  2. 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)

  1. to function improperly
    She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned.
  2. 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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