defunctest

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de⋅funct

[di-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	no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: a defunct law; a defunct organization.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

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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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."

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