What is "malfunctioned"

Usage examples of "malfunctioned".

A body brace that was supposed to give him some mobility had malfunctioned and he had lost use of his arms as well, until he had discovered an alternative method of moving himself-using kinesis.

If the automatic control system malfunctioned, then the astronaut would have to take over on the manual or the fly-by-wire.

At worst, they would assign a Hunter to catch him as a malfunctioned rogue instead of as an intruder involved with Derec.

If the elevator malfunctioned, the tenants didn't have to wait weeks for it to be repaired.

We made the decision together, If Rama had not maneu­vered and the robot surgeon had not malfunctioned, then our plan would have worked perfectly.

By the time he turned off the alarm, which was indicating that the scientific package he had just deployed in the plaza had already malfunctioned, there was total quiet in New York.

A secondary benefit may be the identification of robots whose comlinks have malfunctioned without their having noticed, so they can be repaired.

He’s still trying to play-act being a robot because there’s a microscopic chance that a positronic brain could have malfunctioned this way.

Engines malfunctioned, they couldn't make a proper landing, we all had to use the ejection tube.

Engines malfunctioned, they couldn't make a proper landing, we-all had to use the ejection tube.