misfunction

IPA: mˈɪsfˈʌŋkʃʌn

Examples of "misfunction" in Sentences

If a GFCI should misfunction, your life or that of someone in your household could be at risk.
John Scott, of Kensington, Md., suggested, “How about saying ‘Whoops, I hit a misfunction key.’”
So odd did the light appear that Inman wondered if it emanated from no outside source but was an effect of some misfunction in his thinking.
I know, it's an easy shot -- we set ourselves up for wardrobe misfunction at some point in lives when we're struggling to just get up and OUT, but still ....
One wonders if these machines were truly being tested and certified, how could they fail and misfunction with the regularity that they have in the last three elections?
It is also the only case in medicine where the body of a woman is caused to misfunction (the most common forms of birth control are actually overdoses of hormones which trigger a woman's period) and this is called a step up for womens 'dignity.