What does defunct mean?
Definitions for defunct
dɪˈfʌŋktde·funct
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Princeton's WordNet
defunctadjective
no longer in force or use; inactive
"a defunct law"; "a defunct organization"
defunctadjective
having ceased to exist or live
"the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"
GCIDE
Defunctadjective
No longer in effect or use; no longer operating; as, a defunct business; a defunct law.
Wiktionary
defunctnoun
The dead person (referred to).
defunctverb
To make defunct.
defunctadjective
Deceased, dead.
defunctadjective
No longer in use, inactive.
defunctadjective
Specifically, of a program: that has terminated but is still shown in the list of processes because the parent process that created it is still running and has not yet reaped it. See also zombie, zombie process.
defunctadjective
No longer in business or service.
Etymology: From defunctus, past participle of defungor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DEFUNCTadjective
Etymology: defunctus, Latin.
I therefore beg it not,
To please the palate of my appetite;
Nor to comply with heat, the young affects,
In me defunct, and proper satisfaction. William Shakespeare, Othello.Here entity and quiddity,
The souls of defunct bodies fly. Hudibras.Defunctnoun
One that is deceased; a dead man, or woman.
Etymology: from the adjective.
Nature doth abhor to make his couch
With the defunct, or sleep upon the dead. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.In many of these cases the searchers are able to report the opinion of the physician who was with the patient, as they receive the same from the friends of the defunct. John Graunt.
ChatGPT
defunct
Defunct refers to something that no longer exists, functions, operates, or is in use; it can refer to an organization, system, concept, or even a living creature that is now extinct or dead. It's often used to describe laws, rules, companies, products, or services that have ceased to exist or operate.
Webster Dictionary
Defunctadjective
having finished the course of life; dead; deceased
Defunctnoun
a dead person; one deceased
Etymology: [L. defunctus, p. p. of defungi to acquit one's self of, to perform, finish, depart, die; de + fungi to perform, discharge: cf. F. dfunt. See Function.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Defunct
de-funkt′, adj. having finished the course of life, dead.—n. a dead person.—n. Defunc′tion (Shak.), death.—adj. Defunc′tive (Shak.), pertaining to the dead. [L. defungi, defunctus, to finish—de, and fungi, to perform.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of defunct in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of defunct in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of defunct in a Sentence
Tonight's decision not only leaves in place a district court ruling that requires the Biden administration to reinstate a program that has been defunct for months, but it also makes clear how much of a difference the change in administration makes when it comes to the justices and immigration policy, of the 28 requests for stays from the Justice Department that The Supreme Court granted during Trump's tenure, 11 were to freeze lower-court injunctions of controversial immigration rules.
SBI securities have already defunct its web trading platform at 1:15 pm and thus not allowing its intraday short selling traders to sell any shares and this shows downward slump likely today
A diplomatic solution is only possible with a strong, coherent, moderate opposition that can serve as a bridge from Assad to a new post-conflict government.Yet the administration has done little to help the opposition.Its feeble train-and-equip program is now defunct.
If this does not happen, then, logically, all the carbon extracting companies should gradually become defunct.
Nov 1 1970 Cheryl I went on our 1st date, we went to see a re-release of Stanley Kramer’s It’s a Mad Mad Mad World and then got some pizza at now defunct Barnone’s in Toluca Lake. Quite a start, right?
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