defunct

[ dih-fuhngkt ]

/ dɪˈfʌŋkt /

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adjective

no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: a defunct law; a defunct organization.

no longer in existence; dead; extinct: a defunct person; a defunct tribe of Indians.

noun

the defunct, the dead person referred to: the survivors of the defunct.

Origin of defunct

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

OTHER WORDS FROM defunct

de·funct·ness, noun non·de·funct, adjective

Words nearby defunct

defrock, defrost, defroster, defs., deft, defunct, defunctive, defund, defuse, defusion, defuze

Example sentences from the Web for defunct

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?

Elle Fanning and Kate Middleton Are Cousins; Tom Ford Talks Social Media Influence on Fashion |The Fashion Beast Team |May 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At the same time as I was studying, I was freelancing as a sub-editor for a national newspaper—the now defunct Sunday Tribune.

How I Write: Paul Lynch |Noah Charney |December 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
“The Democratic Party is just about defunct in the South,” he said.

Democrats March on the South to Hold Senate Majority in 2014 |David Freedlander |October 31, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Recent scrutiny—and the Japanese fallout—led to a suspension from his current job with the defunct ministry.

Bullying Israeli Government Flack Sparks Diplomatic Row—Among Other Concerns |Noga Tarnopolsky |August 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The sludge was sent by rail and spread around on a defunct resort ranch near Sierra Blanca.

U.S. Drug and Immigration Checkpoints Take Toll on Border Towns |Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz |June 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Who could care for the pointless repartees of defunct Grand Dukes, or the meaningless caprices of long-buried Archduchesses?

Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. |Charles James Lever
The friends of the defunct Louis Capet are conspiring in the midst of us every day.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I |Various
Truly has it been said that there is something repulsive to human nature in the simple reproduction of defunct budgets.

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) |John Morley
To the satire about the defunct Pope many would, no doubt, also gladly listen, but Erasmus had to be careful about it.

Erasmus and the Age of Reformation |Johan Huizinga
I wish some of my soda-water-in-the-morning club friends could see me perspiring over a pair of pants, dorcassing a defunct sock.

Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack |Elisha Kent Kane

British Dictionary definitions for defunct

defunct

/ (dɪˈfʌŋkt) /

adjective

no longer living; dead or extinct

no longer operative or valid

Derived forms of defunct

defunctive, adjective defunctness, noun

Word Origin for defunct

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

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