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Definitions for Defunct

[1] no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: a defunct law; a defunct organization.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.
[3] the defunct, the dead person referred to: the survivors of the defunct.
[4] no longer living; dead or extinct
[5] no longer operative or valid

Words related to Defunct

vanished, obsolete, nonexistent, asleep, bygone, cold, dead, deceased, departed, gone, inanimate, inoperative, invalid, kaput, late, lifeless, lost, exanimate, expired

Words nearby Defunct

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

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

Word origin for Defunct

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

Synonyms for Defunct

nonexistent, obsolete, vanished, asleep, bygone, cold, dead, deceased, departed, done for, down the drain, exanimate, expired, gone, had it, inanimate, inoperative, invalid, kaput, late, lifeless, lost, out of commission