Meaning

5 senses
  1. No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.

    erloschen, gelöscht, nicht mehr existierend

    неде́йствующийnedéjstvujuščij

    no longer in force or use; inactive

  2. No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.

    No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again; out of business.

  3. Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.

  4. (of a language) No longer spoken.

  5. (archaic)Deceased, dead.

    gestorben, verstorben

    уме́ршийuméršij, вы́мершийvýmeršij, сконча́вшийсяskončávšijsja

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom lives down the road from a defunct granary.

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  2. The statue stood as a remnant of a defunct civilization.

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  3. If you look over there, you can see a defunct water tower.

    ruЕсли вы посмотрите вон туда, то увидите неработающую водонапорную башню.

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  4. Inspecting the rusty tool, I noticed the faint insignia of a long-defunct brand.

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  5. The campground was defunct.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
no longer in use:
deceased:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
no longer in use:
deceased:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin dēfunctus, past participle of dēfungor (“to finish, discharge”).

Borrowed from Latin dēfunctus, past participle of dēfungor (“to finish, discharge”).

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Forms

more defunct, most defunct
Comparativemore defunct Lesson
Superlativemost defunct Lesson

regular

Synonyms

45 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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