Disabled and Malfunctioning

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Disabled adjective - Deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities.

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Malfunctioning and disabled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malfunctioning" instead an adjective "Disabled".

Malfunctioning adjective - Not being in working order.

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Disabled and malfunctioning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disabled" instead an adjective "Malfunctioning".

Nearby Words: malfunction, malfunctioned

Once you get admin access, you might to notice that the life support system is disabled, as opposed to malfunctioning or inoperative, and can be reactivated with a single command.

Source: Visual Novel / Analogue: A Hate Story
When she starts getting delusions of godhood thanks to her coding for ethical restraint being disabled, her voice becomes very distorted and broken (this was deliberately designed by the game's developers to mimic a malfunctioning sound card).

Source: Electronic Speech Impediment
Laser-Guided Karma: After Taras gets tricked by a Negotiator (She blew out all of East London's Power because of a malfunctioning Slurpee Machine), she kills his entire SWAT Team and carves the word 'Liar' into his chest, leaving him permanently disabled and horrified of the dark.

Source: Literature / The Chronicles Of Taras

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