Synonyms of malfunctioned

malfunctioned

verb

past tense of malfunction

as in failed

to fail to function or work properly

A software problem is causing the system to malfunction.

Related Words

• failed
• crashed
• died
• stalled
• cut out
• broke
• broke down
• acted up
• sputtered
• gave out
• jammed
• fizzled
• conked (out)
• wheezed

Dissimilar Words

• started (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of malfunctioned

The trailer's air conditioning malfunctioned and would not blow cool air to the people trapped inside during the sweltering, three-hour ride in June 2022 from the border city of Laredo to San Antonio, authorities said. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

The trailer’s air conditioning malfunctioned and would not blow cool air to the people trapped inside during the sweltering, three-hour ride in June 2022 from the border city of Laredo to San Antonio, authorities said. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Zond 8 was considered a success — even though its guidance system malfunctioned on the way back to Earth. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Conditions inside Pennsylvania’s prisons have been described as a sauna during a summer heat wave and bitterly cold in the winter, especially when heating systems have malfunctioned. — Jaquelyn Jahn, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Authorities said Paporakis intended to carry out a shooting, but returned home after the rifle malfunctioned. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

For the rest of the industry, that could put the onus on an array of nascent technologies, from unproven launch vehicles to a troubled astronaut spacecraft under development by Boeing that previously malfunctioned with two NASA astronauts aboard. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Classes are canceled for a second day at Magnolia West High School after a water well malfunctioned, leaving the school without water and air conditioning. — Sondra Hernandez, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026

The order came after the plant malfunctioned weeks earlier and would need a costly repair to reopen. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026