Word: malfunctioned
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mal
func
tioned
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction; fail to function or function improperly
Morphemes:
Affix: mal-
Language: en
Meaning: bad, incorrect
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mal-
Language: fro
Decoded: mal-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad; badly
Affix: function
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To have a function.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: functiō
Language: la
Decoded: functio
Meaning: performance, execution
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.