defunct

defunct Definition

de·funct (dē fuŋkt′, di-)

adjective

no longer living or existing; dead or extinct

Etymology: L defunctus, pp. of defungi, to do, finish, die < de-, from, off + fungi, to perform: see de- & function

defunct Synonyms

modif.

dead, deceased, expired, no longer existing, no longer functioning; see also dead 1, extinct, old-fashioned. See syn. study at dead.

defunct Usage Examples

Preposition: for

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: Research suggests this is not the case cross cultural differences usually make such skills defunct in a new environment.

Modifies a noun

magazine: In summer 1992 she appeared on the cover of defunct music magazine Select with Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, who memorably asked her.
band: A biopic of the tragic Joy Division front man is in the pipeline, with support from members of the now defunct band.
company: Why should MS care whether people use IE now that Netscape is a defunct company?
organization: Trust deeds or model schemes can give power to make appointments for new organizations but not always to remove defunct organizations from that schedule.
line: In 1875 the defunct line was relaid to 2ft gage and extended four miles to serve the newly opened Prince of Wales Quarry.
site: Please inform me of any broken links or defunct sites.

Modifying Another Word

sadly: Female equivalent of Parson's Pleasure, sadly defunct for many years.
now: Quality costume jewelry picked up the now defunct fine jewelry market.
virtually: Don Andrews remains the nominal leader of the virtually defunct Nationalist Party of Canada.
apparently: All links checked; apparently defunct links marked or removed.
almost: Instead it has promoted its now almost defunct front, Globalize Resistance.

Used with adjective complement

become: Alas, the society itself became defunct in May 2003.
go: Everything that had once existed, like ' Spare Rib ' , seemed to have gone defunct.

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