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View synonyms for defunct

defunct

[ dih-fuhngkt ]

adjective

  1. no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning:

    a defunct law; a defunct organization.

  2. no longer in existence; dead; extinct:

    a defunct person; a defunct tribe of Indians.



noun

  1. the defunct, the dead person referred to:

    the survivors of the defunct.

defunct

/ dɪˈfʌŋkt /

adjective

  1. no longer living; dead or extinct
  2. no longer operative or valid


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Derived Forms

  • deˈfunctive, adjective
  • deˈfunctness, noun

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Other Words From

  • de·functness noun
  • nonde·funct adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of defunct1

1540–50; < Latin dēfunctus discharged, dead (past participle of dēfungī ), equivalent to dē- de- + functus performed; function

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Word History and Origins

Origin of defunct1

C16: from Latin dēfungī to discharge (one's obligations), die; see de- , function

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Example Sentences

Ed first appeared in 1987 on City By Night, a talk show on Newton Cable, a now-defunct offbeat indie cable network.

Does this mean Bad Gal Ri-Ri's now defunct account on the social media site may have an effect on what people are buying?

At the same time as I was studying, I was freelancing as a sub-editor for a national newspaper—the now defunct Sunday Tribune.

“The Democratic Party is just about defunct in the South,” he said.

Recent scrutiny—and the Japanese fallout—led to a suspension from his current job with the defunct ministry.

Le 134 defunct estoit couch sur vn ais appuy de quatre fourches, & fut couvert de peaux.

At her bosom she wore a great brooch, containing intertwined locks of a grandfather and grandmother long since defunct.

Chartism is defunct, notwithstanding the efforts made by its dishonoured and discomfited leaders to revive it.

And Paul was sorely puzzled, whether the encomium applied to the defunct or himself.

"Posin's done ferrying now," said Dan Rudder, one of the defunct's old companions in the service of Roughgrove.

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