Related Words for malfunction

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glitch
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Noun
mishap
/x
Noun
failure
/x
Noun
defect
/x
Noun
hiccup
/x
Noun
defective
x/x
Adjective
faulty
/x
Adjective
glitches
/x
Noun
abnormality
xx/xx
Noun
meltdown
/x
Noun
overheating
/xxx
Noun
catastrophic
xx/x
Adjective
problems
/x
Noun
damage
/x
Noun
haywire
/x
Noun
overload
/xx
Noun
accident
/xx
Noun
crash
/
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective
disfunction
x/x
Noun
outage
/x
Noun
delay
x/
Noun
flaw
/
Noun
shortcoming
/xx
Noun
misalignment
xx/x
Noun
fluctuation
xx/x
Noun
deficiency
x/xx
Noun
irregularity
xxx/xx
Noun
repair
x/
Noun, Verb
interruption
xx/x
Noun
disruption
x/x
Noun
leakage
/x
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
stoppage
/x
Noun
breakage
/x
Noun
mechanical
x/xx
Adjective
inadvertent
xx/x
Adjective
anomaly
x/xx
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun
disturbance
x/x
Noun
dysfunction
x/x
Noun
impairment
x/x
Noun
accidental
xx/x
Adjective
misstep
x/
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
fault
/
Noun
maladjustment
xx/x
Noun
failing
/x
Verb
malfeasance
x/x
Noun
inefficiency
xx/xx
Noun
misfit
/x
Noun
fritz
/
Name
crab
/
Noun
delinquency
x/xx
Noun
subnormal
//x
Adjective
harm
/
Noun
imperfect
x/x
Adjective
detriment
/xx
Noun
incompetent
x/xx
Adjective
noncompliance
xx/x
Noun
amiss
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
default
x/
Noun
miss
/
Name
abnormal
x/x
Adjective
neglect
x/
Noun
unusable
x/xx
Adjective
malady
/xx
Noun
nonperformance
xx/x
Noun
indiscipline
x/xx
Noun
bungling
/xx
Noun
inefficient
xx/x
Adjective
misuse
x/
Noun
indictment
x/x
Noun
open
/x
Adjective
unworkable
x/xx
Adjective
slippage
/x
Noun
vacancy
/xx
Noun
kink
/
Noun
blemish
/x
Noun
pacemaker
/xx
Verb, Noun
startup
/x
Noun
shunt
/
Verb, Noun
instrument
/xx
Adjective
prosthesis
x/x
Verb, Noun
eustachian
x/xx
Adjective
prosthetic
x/x
Adjective
kidney
/x
Adjective
thyroid
/x
Adjective, Noun
glandular
/xx
Adjective
shutdown
/x
Noun
suspected
x/x
Adjective, Verb
mistake
x/
Noun
organ
/x
Adjective, Noun
valve
/
Noun
malformation
xx/x
Noun
diagnose
xx/
Verb
hypothalamic
xxx/x
Adjective
pituitary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
vestibular
/xxx
Adjective
detects
x/
Verb
endocrine
/xx
Adjective
placental
x/x
Adjective
event
x/
Noun
gland
/
Noun
tubal
/x
Adjective
correct
x/
Verb
occasionally
x/xxx
Adverb
symptom
/x
Noun
sphincter
/x
Noun
error
/x
Noun
adrenal
x/x
Adjective
intermittent
xx/x
Adjective
tubular
/xx
Adjective
adjudication
xxx/x
Noun
ailment
/x
Noun
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
blockage
/x
Noun
bug
/
Noun, Verb
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
derangement
x/x
Noun
disability
xx/xx
Noun
disorder
x/x
Noun, Verb
dud
/
Noun, Adjective
function
/x
Noun, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
imperfection
xx/x
Noun
jam
/
Noun, Verb
judgement
/x
Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
miscarriage
x/x
Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
pathologies
x/xx
Noun
pronouncement
x/x
Noun
ruling
/x
Noun, Adjective
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snag
/
Noun, Verb
stall
/
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
upsets
x/
Verb, Noun
verdict
/x
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
wrongdoing
/xx
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb