defunct

de·funct

 (dĭ-fŭngkt′)

adj.

Having ceased to exist or live: a defunct political organization.

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[Latin dēfūnctus, past participle of dēfungī, to finish : dē-, de- + fungī, to perform.]

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de·func′tive adj.

de·funct′ness n.

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defunct

(dɪˈfʌŋkt)

adj

1. no longer living; dead or extinct

2. no longer operative or valid

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

deˈfunctive adj

deˈfunctness n

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de•funct

(dɪˈfʌŋkt)

adj.

1. no longer in effect or use: a defunct law.

2. no longer in existence; dead; extinct.

[1540–50; < Latin dēfunctus dead, past participle of dēfungī to bring to an end]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	defunct - no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a defunct organization" inoperative - not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law"
	2.	defunct - having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe" dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

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defunct

adjective dead, extinct, gone, departed, expired, deceased, obsolete, bygone, nonexistent, not functioning, out of commission, inoperative the leader of the now defunct Social Democratic Party

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defunct

adjective

1. No longer alive:

asleep, dead, deceased, departed, extinct, gone, late, lifeless.

Idioms: at rest, pushing up daisies.

2. No longer in use, force, or operation:

dead, extinct, lost, vanished.

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Translations

verstorben

inactif

defuntoin disuso

defunct

[dɪˈfʌŋkt] ADJ (frm)

1. [company, organization] → desaparecido, extinto; [idea] → caduco; [scheme] → paralizado, suspendido

2. (= deceased) → difunto

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defunct

[dɪˈfʌŋkt] adj [organization] → défunt(e)

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defunct

adj person → verstorben; (fig) institution etc → eingegangen; idea → untergegangen; law → außer Kraft

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defunct

[dɪˈfʌŋkt] adj (company) → scomparso/a; (scheme) → morto/a e sepolto/a

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