English Explanatory Dictionary

defunct

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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. 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. Deceased, dead.
verb
  1. To make defunct.
noun
  1. The dead person (referred to).

Pronunciation

/dɪˈfʌŋkt/ /ˌdiˈfʌŋkt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defunct.wav

Word forms

defunct more defunct most defunct defuncts defuncting defuncted

Etymology

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

Synonyms

antiquated disused outdated anachronistic antediluvial antediluvian antique archaic backward backwards behind the times cobwebbed cobwebby dated defunct desuete discontinued dootsie elderly extinct expired fossilized Havishamesque hoary idle Miss Havishamesque mouldy obsolete old oldfangled old-fashioned old school outmoded out of date out of fashion outworn parachronistic passé primitive superannuated superseded unemployed unoccupied venerable workless

Related words

function bankrupt

Derived words

defunctness

Translations

Dutch: buiten gebruik Dutch: buiten werking German: erloschen German: gelöscht German: nicht mehr existierend German: tot Hungarian: megszűnt Māori: tūnguru Norwegian: lagt ned Norwegian: nedlagt Portuguese: inativo Russian: неде́йствующий Turkish: feshedilmiş Turkish: geçersiz Turkish: kullanılmayan Turkish: ölü
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