| COFUNCTIONS | • cofunctions n. Plural of cofunction. • COFUNCTION n. a kind of trigonometric function. |
| DEFUNCTIONS | • defunctions n. Plural of defunction. • DEFUNCTION n. (Shakespeare) death. |
| DEFUNCTNESS | • defunctness n. The state or quality of being defunct. • DEFUNCTNESS n. the state of being defunct. |
| DISFUNCTION | • disfunction n. (Now rare) Alternative form of dysfunction. • DISFUNCTION n. impairment or abnormality of the functioning of an organ, also DYSFUNCTION. |
| DYSFUNCTION | • dysfunction n. (Chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder… • dysfunction v. (Nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction. • DYSFUNCTION n. impaired or abnormal functioning, also DISFUNCTION. |
| FUNCTIONALS | • functionals n. Plural of functional. • FUNCTIONAL n. something that serves a function. |
| FUNCTIONARY | • functionary n. A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited… • functionary n. A paper-pusher, bean counter. • FUNCTIONARY n. one who serves in a certain function. |
| FUNCTIONATE | • functionate v. (Dated) To execute or perform a function; to transact one’s regular or appointed business. • FUNCTIONATE v. to perform a function. |
| FUNCTIONING | • functioning v. Present participle of function. • functioning adj. Functional, working. • functioning adj. (Euphemistic, of a person) Mentally disabled but still able to survive in wider society. |
| MALFUNCTION | • malfunction n. Faulty functioning. • malfunction n. Failure to function. • malfunction v. To function improperly. |
| MISFUNCTION | • misfunction n. Synonym of malfunction. • misfunction v. To function incorrectly; to malfunction. • MISFUNCTION v. to function wrongly. |
| PERFUNCTORY | • perfunctory adj. Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty. • perfunctory adj. Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote. • PERFUNCTORY adj. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |