Misworking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Misworking is a noun meaning incorrect working; malfunction.
Meaning
incorrect working; malfunction.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of miswork
Example Sentences
[…] which apparatus is furnished with a whistle, which gives a continuous shrill call when the water is too low, or if there should be an over-pressure of steam by reason of any misworking of the safety-valve.
If you are disconcerted when faced with the workings – or misworkings! – of a machine or a computer and someone comes along and explains them simply and clearly in terms that can be understood, you become more confident.
Word Forms
- misworkings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include miswork, misfunction, malfunctioning, malfunction, maloperation, misaction.
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