defunct

CEFRC1

/dɪˈfʌŋkt/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    No longer existing, operating, or used.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

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

  • Tom lives down the road from a defunct granary.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˌdiˈfʌŋkt/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. (of a language) No longer spoken.

More examples

In context

  • The project is now defunct.

  • […] he saw Robert Johnston, pannel, come out of the cott-house with the fork in his hand, and pass by Alexander Fall and the deponent; heard the pannell say, he had sticked the dog, and he would stick the whelps too; whereupon the pannell run after the defunc...

  • […] he saw Robert Johnston, pannel, come out of the cott-house with the fork in his hand, and pass by Alexander Fall and the deponent; heard the pannell say, he had sticked the dog, and he would stick the whelps too; whereupon the pannell run after the defunct’s son with the fork in his hand, […]

Synonyms

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The old factory has been blank for over a decade, with no plans to reopen.

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Origin

adjective

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