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de·funct  (d-fngkt)
adj.
Having ceased to exist or live: a defunct political organization.

[Latin dfnctus, past participle of dfung, to finish : d-, de- + fung, to perform.]

de·functive adj.
de·functness n.

defunct [dɪˈfʌŋkt]
adj
1. no longer living; dead or extinct
2. no longer operative or valid
[from Latin dēfungī to discharge (one's obligations), die; see de-, function]
defunctive  adj
defunctness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.defunct - no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a defunct organization"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"

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
Translations
defunct [dɪˈfʌŋkt] ADJ (frm)
1. [company, organization] → desaparecido, extinto; [idea] → caduco; [scheme] → paralizado, suspendido
2. (= deceased) → difunto
defunct [dɪˈfʌŋkt] adj [organization] → défunt(e)
defunct
adj personverstorben; (fig) institution etceingegangen; ideauntergegangen; lawaußer Kraft
defunct [dɪˈfʌŋkt] adj (company) → scomparso/a; (scheme) → morto/a e sepolto/a
defunct [dɪˈfʌŋkt] adj (company) → scomparso/a; (scheme) → morto/a e sepolto/a


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A whole fleet of copper-bottomed barques, as strong in rib and planking, as well-found in gear, as ever was sent upon the seas, manned by hardy crews and commanded by young masters, was engaged in that now long defunct trade.
In truth, it turned out to be one of those problematical whales that seem to dry up and die with a sort of prodigious dyspepsia, or indigestion; leaving their defunct bodies almost entirely bankrupt of anything like oil.
"Don't be afraid, Louise," said she; "monsieur will no more venture to take it hence than the defunct king Louis XIII.
 
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