Wiktionary
vb. To function incorrectly; to malfunction
WordNet
v. fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" [syn: malfunction] [ant: function]
Usage examples of "misfunction".
Kanes had died during the misfunction of the lifeboat, which you now tell me was no misfunction.
Eventually he took recourse to an emergency navigational beacon and was guided to a pick up by a commercial freighter to whose captain he told a garbled story of a misfunctioning computer.
Apparently, nonfunctioning ganglia are preferable to misfunctioning ones.
When the motor misfunctioned, he regarded it as a chess player might admire a brilliant move on the part of his opponent.
If any of them makes an error-if any of a hundred possible errors are made, or a thousand possible misfunctions of equipment occur-the batch now brewing will spoil and a million people will die.