malfunction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a failure to function normally
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- malfunction derivation
Sense 2 verb
fail to function or function improperly
the coffee maker malfunctioned
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- function antonym
- malfunction derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | malfunction |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blowout |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stall |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | function |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | malfunction |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conk out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jam |