malfunction

faulty operation | improper operation

operating fault [ malfunction ]

defective units | irregulars

Definition: A somewhat heterogeneous group of disorders that have in common abnormalities in social functioning which begin during the developmental period, but which (unlike the pervasive developmental disorders) are not primarily characterized by an apparently constitutional social incapacity or deficit that pervades all areas of functioning. In many instances, serious environmental distortions or privations probably play a crucial role in etiology.

Definition: States of subjective distress and emotional disturbance, usually interfering with social functioning and performance, arising in the period of adaptation to a significant life change or a stressful life event. The stressor may have affected the integrity of an individual's social network (bereavement, separation experiences) or the wider system of social supports and values (migration, refugee status), or represented a major developmental transition or crisis (going to school, becoming a parent, failure to attain a cherished personal goal, retirement). Individual predisposition or vulnerability plays an important role in the ...[+++]risk of occurrence and the shaping of the manifestations of adjustment disorders, but it is nevertheless assumed that the condition would not have arisen without the stressor. The manifestations vary and include depressed mood, anxiety or worry (or mixture of these), a feeling of inability to cope, plan ahead, or continue in the present situation, as well as some degree of disability in 9the performance of daily routine. Conduct disorders may be an associated feature, particularly in adolescents. The predominant feature may be a brief or prolonged depressive reaction, or a disturbance of other emotions and conduct. | Culture shock Grief reaction Hospitalism in children

defective chattel

He has stated that parliament does not work, that it is broken, that it is like a car motor that is working on two cylinders.

If we believe most of the system is working—and that might be a stretch for the Reform or for Rob, but assuming the system really isn't broken but just needs improvements—and assuming the back door is the problem, because the front door.If you come into this country, regardless of whether it's by boat or by plane or by crossing at the American border, if you actually believe you're a refugee and you want to claim to be a refugee.

3.10 The EESC also wonders how the Commission envisaged online resolution for cases concerning not just typical market disagreements, covering problems such as products being ‘defective’, ‘not working properly’ or ‘delays in delivery or failure to deliver’, but also the debate on unfair contract terms and the law applicable to contracts.

We know that in the U.S. presidential elections in 2000 confusion was caused in Florida when voting machines were found not to be operating properly.