defunctionalize

func·tion·al·ize

[fuhngk-shuh-nl-ahyz]
verb (used with object), func·tion·al·ized, func·tion·al·iz·ing.
to make functional.
Also, especially British, func·tion·al·ise.


Origin:
1860–65; functional + -ize

func·tion·al·i·za·tion, noun
de·func·tion·al·ize, verb (used with object), de·func·tion·al·ized, de·func·tion·al·iz·ing.
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