Dec 4, 2016 · dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late mean devoid of life. dead applies literally to what is deprived of vital force but is used figuratively of anything that has lost any attribute …

For all practical purposes, the association became defunct and no longer worked on the garden or other projects.

DEFUNCT definition: no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning. See examples of defunct used in a sentence.

If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating. ...the leader of the now defunct Social Democratic Party. They bought all their equipment from a defunct …

1. no longer in effect or use: a defunct law. 2. no longer in existence; dead; extinct.

6 days ago · (business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again; out of business. (computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been …

Definition of defunct adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Defunct definition: Having ceased to exist or live.

Defunct describes something that used to exist, but is now gone. A magazine that no longer publishes, like Sassy, the girl-power mag from the '90s, is defunct, for example.

Some common synonyms of defunct are dead, deceased, departed, and late. While all these words mean "devoid of life," defunct stresses cessation of active existence or operation.