nonfunctioning
adjective
nonfunctioning is spelled N-O-N-F-U-N-C-T-I-O-N-I-N-G: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nonfunctioning means “That does not function as required” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nonfunctioning?
| Letters | 14: N-O-N-F-U-N-C-T-I-O-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is nonfunctioning?
Nonfunctioning appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of nonfunctioning
- non-functioning
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nonfunctioning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That does not function as required
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nonfunctioning come from?
From non- + functioning.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).