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defunct

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de⋅funct

  [di-fuhngkt]
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–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 no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: a defunct law; a defunct organization.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
3. the defunct, the dead person referred to: the survivors of the defunct.
Origin:
1540–50; < L dēfunctus discharged, dead (ptp. of dēfungī), equiv. to dē- de- + functus performed; see function

Related forms:
de⋅funct⋅ness, noun
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de·funct   (dĭ-fŭngkt')   
adj.  Having ceased to exist or live: a defunct political organization.

[Latin dēfūnctus, past participle of dēfungī, to finish : dē-, de- + fungī, to perform.]
de·func'tive adj., de·funct'ness n.
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Word Origin & History

defunct 
1548, from L. defunctus "dead," lit. "off-duty," from pp. of defungi "to discharge, finish," from de- "off, completely," + fungi "perform or discharge duty."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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