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- Dictionaryde·funct/dəˈfəNG(k)t/
adjective
- 1. no longer existing or functioning: "a now defunct technology that only people over a certain age remember" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of DEFUNCT is no longer living, existing, or functioning. How to use defunct in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Defunct.
no longer existing, living, or working correctly: now defunct They were members of a now defunct communist organization. humorous I think this TV is defunct! Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. broken The microwave's broken. dead The phone's dead; there must be a problem with the line. defunct The TV's defunct!
Defunct definition: no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning. See examples of DEFUNCT used in a sentence.
Defunct describes something that used to exist, but is now gone. A magazine that no longer publishes, like Sassy, the girl-power mag from the '90s, is defunct, for example.
If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating.
no longer existing, living, or working correctly: now defunct They were members of a now defunct communist organization. humorous I think this TV is defunct! Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. broken The microwave's broken. dead The phone's dead; there must be a problem with the line. defunct The TV's defunct!
Define defunct. defunct synonyms, defunct pronunciation, defunct translation, English dictionary definition of defunct. adj. Having ceased to exist or live: a defunct political organization. de·func′tive adj. de·funct′ness n.
