Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb misfunction
1 sense of misfunction
Sense 1
malfunction, misfunction -- (fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned")
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down -- (stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident")