Sentence examples for it was a malfunction from inspiring English sources
"It's so rare that you hear the second gun in the 400m - I thought it was a malfunction," she told the BBC.
"We can't tell if it's a malfunction or a dysfunction," one of the workmen explains to the worried homeowner.
Perhaps the F.C.C.'s disproportionate response to that incident will be recognized for what it was: a regulatory malfunction.
Este fled the stage, Danielle vamping chords to cover it ("I thought it was a wardrobe malfunction") while her sister took in fistfuls of wine gums.
Grissom had maintained that the hatch blew without his input; the fact that he had no bruising was seen as evidence that he had not blown the hatch early and sunk his capsule, but that it was a mechanical malfunction.
One participant reported an ICD-related complication ("It shocked me because there was a malfunction").
We don't know if it's a mechanical malfunction or human error".
"The managers will be able to troubleshoot the items sold at these stores nless it's a major malfunction with the chips," said Woo. "After all, many of them worked on the line where they were made".
And whether it's a transporter malfunction in Star Trek, a dimensional rift in Red Dwarf or the entire premise for series such as Sliders and Fringe, it's amazing how frequently alternative realities turn up in science fiction.
Whether it's a toenail malfunction, costume lacerations, or pulled muscles from climbing moving vehicles, it goes without saying that it gets a bit crazy in TNT.
