misworking

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ working

Noun

misworking (countable and uncountable, plural misworkings)

1. incorrect working; malfunction
   • 1843, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command:

     […] 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.

   • 2004, Rody Politt, Joy Pollock, Elisabeth Waller, Day-to-Day Dyslexia in the Classroom, page 3:

     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.

Verb

misworking

1. present participle and gerund of miswork