Janet Jackson had a wardrobe malfunction.
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Malfunction
//ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən//
Synonyms for "malfunction" (6 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (1)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (3)
Verb(1 words)
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10 entriesAntonyms
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
5 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- неизправност noun (faulty functioning)
- повреда noun (failure to function)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 故障 noun (faulty functioning)
Dutch
4 entries- slechte werking noun (faulty functioning)
- storing noun (failure to function)
- stuk zijn noun (failure to function)
- haperen verb (to function improperly)
Esperanto
1 entries- malfunkciado noun (faulty functioning)
Finnish
4 entries- toimintahäiriö noun (faulty functioning)
- toimintahäiriö noun (failure to function)
- virhetoiminta noun (faulty functioning)
- toimia huonosti verb (to function improperly)
French
2 entries- défaut de fonctionnement noun (faulty functioning)
- défaut de fonctionnement noun (failure to function)
Galician
2 entries- avaría noun (failure to function)
- mal funcionamento noun (faulty functioning)
German
4 entries- Fehlfunktion noun (faulty functioning)
- Fehlfunktion noun (failure to function)
- Funktionsstörung noun (faulty functioning)
- Funktionsstörung noun (failure to function)
Greek
2 entries- δυσλειτουργία noun (faulty functioning)
- δυσλειτουργία noun (failure to function)
Icelandic
1 entries- bila verb (to function improperly)
Italian
2 entries- malfunzionamento noun (faulty functioning)
- malfunzionamento noun (failure to function)
Japanese
1 entries- 故障 noun (faulty functioning)
Korean
2 entries- 고장 noun (faulty functioning)
- 고장이 나다 verb (to fail to function)
Māori
2 entries- turingongengonge noun (faulty functioning)
- turingongengonge noun (failure to function)
Polish
4 entries- awaria noun (failure to function)
- wadliwe działanie noun (faulty functioning)
- nie działać verb (to fail to function)
- wadliwie działać verb (to function improperly)
Portuguese
3 entries- funcionamento defeituoso noun (faulty functioning)
- mau funcionamento noun (faulty functioning)
- não-funcionamento noun (failure to function)
Russian
4 entries- неиспра́вность noun (faulty functioning)
- поло́мка noun (failure to function)
- сбой noun (faulty functioning)
- барахли́ть verb (to function improperly)
Spanish
4 entries- error noun (faulty functioning)
- falla noun (faulty functioning)
- fallo noun (faulty functioning)
- funcionamiento defectuoso noun (faulty functioning)
Swedish
1 entries- krångla verb (to function improperly)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagsalang-kimot noun (faulty functioning)
- salang-kimot noun (faulty functioning)
Turkish
2 entries- arıza noun (faulty functioning)
- arızalanmak verb (to function improperly)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trục trặc noun (faulty functioning)
Welsh
2 entries- camweithio verb (to function improperly)
- pallu gweithio verb (to fail to function)
ǃXóõ
2 entries- ǁʻàa verb (to function improperly)
- ǁʻàa verb (to fail to function)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
A major malfunction stopped the car.
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Was there a malfunction?
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What caused the malfunction?
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