Defunct

Word DEFUNCT
Character 7
Hyphenation de funct
Pronunciations /dɪˈfʌŋkt/

Definitions and meanings of "Defunct"

What do we mean by defunct?

Having ceased to exist or live. adjective

Dead; deceased; extinct.

A dead person, or dead persons collectively; the dead: most commonly used of a recently deceased person. noun

A dead person; one deceased. noun

Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. adjective

No longer in effect or use; no longer operating. adjective

Deceased, dead. adjective

No longer in use, inactive. adjective

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. adjective

No longer in business or service. adjective

To make defunct. verb

The dead person (referred to). noun

No longer in force or use; inactive adjective

Having ceased to exist or live adjective

The dead person (referred to).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Defunct

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The word "defunct" in example sentences

To blame the old liberal wing of the party, now pretty much defunct, is the equivalent of a baseball team blaming the batboy for a tragic loss. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Actor in defunct HDM series blames Pope for unemployment ❋ Unknown (2009)

In March, wrote back and they said that their supplier went "defunct" -- I thought People was the supplier. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And as a bonus question, name defunct MLB teams with three letters on the cap. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I've heard rumours that it's now defunct, which is a crine shame. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The word defunct in this instance means no longer in effect or use; no longer functioning or operating. ❋ Amberfocus (2008)

He is perhaps known as the defunct XFL's biggest star; he played under the moniker "He Hate Me." ❋ Unknown (2006)

Do you, my dear (to whom theory and practice are the same thing in almost every laudable quality), apply the observation to yourself, in this particular case, where resolution is required; and where the performance of the will of the defunct is the question — no more to be dispensed with by you, in whose favour it was made, than by any body else who have only themselves in view by breaking through it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Do you, my dear (to whom theory and practice are the same thing in almost every laudable quality), apply the observation to yourself, in this particular case, where resolution is required; and where the performance of the will of the defunct is the question -- no more to be dispensed with by you, in whose favour it was made, than by any body else who have only themselves in view by breaking through it. ❋ Samuel Richardson (1725)

We realize it could be impossible to recover costs from an overseas company that's been described as defunct with no assets, but it's going to take years to clean up the toxic site, so both efforts should be pursued concurrently. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Designated Hitter + Disabled List = DHL. aka a defunct shipping company … ❋ Unknown (2009)

The LeT, has been referred to as a defunct organisation with no links to other outfits in Pakistan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even Greg sounds less than convinced by the latest Obama administration pushback on its Snitch Central e-mail line, now defunct, which is to claim that Senator John Cornyn's website also collects information from submissions to an information line. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(based on the defunct akamaru). it's a big waste of processor, imo, though ... the osx dock looks cool and all but i find it annoying and unproductive. on 07 / 10 / 2008, -0 / +4So what's cairo-dock got that avant-window-navigator doesn't? ❋ Unknown (2008)

That reminds me the unemployed pool as incentive to not shirk, a kind of defunct pool an enormous punishment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've never heard of an American "defunct" diocese being a "titular diocese" before. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It’s a simple case of trying to wring more money from the name a defunct band. ❋ Unknown (2006)

US lawmakers have said, while warning that the continuation of network of nuclear proliferators is now "defunct" due to the steps undertaken by various countries against the clandestine group, a top US official has told American lawmakers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan's network of nuclear proliferators is now "defunct" due to the steps undertaken by various countries against the clandestine group, a top US official has told American lawmakers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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