Sentence examples for the system is malfunctioning from inspiring English sources

One downside: the system is hidden under a layer of mulch, and a plant that abruptly dies may be your only sign that the system is malfunctioning.

The crucial point is that in the life sciences, some biological system can fail to behave as a theory predicts without impugning the prediction: we can say that the system is malfunctioning.

If the system is malfunctioning or someone is tampering with it, M-KOPA can disable it remotely.

The thieves accomplished the brazen theft by triggering the alarm system several times prior to actually breaking in, leading the guard on duty to believe that the system was malfunctioning.

The Republican propaganda is a distraction from the real issue: that the counterterrorism system is malfunctioning more than eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Judges Volt and Guthrie respond to Dredd's call, but Ma-Ma's computer expert denies them entry by persuading them the security system is malfunctioning.

He argues that a token component in a system is malfunctioning when it cannot play the role that lets other tokens of the same type feature in the explanation of the larger system.

Their idea is that we can say when a system is malfunctioning by observing that it is not carrying out the job which natural selection designed it to perform.

For instance, some vendors list a credit card symbol on their Web site, but when a buyer attempts to use a credit card, the website states that they do not accept them or that their credit card payment system is malfunctioning.

The noughties weren't exactly a creative peak for Hollywood, and its greatest asset, the star system, was malfunctioning.

Most patients with persistent sepsis develop multiple organ failure, a syndrome in which several organ systems are malfunctioning.