defunct

Intermediatezipf 3.28

Pronunciation

/dɪˈfʌŋkt/(dih-FUNKT)

Part of speech

adjectiveneutral

Chinese

已停止运作的；已废弃的；已死的

Definition

No longer existing, functioning, or in use.

Word family

  • (no common derivatives)

Collocations

  • now defunct
  • defunct company
  • defunct website
  • defunct organisation
  • defunct railway

Examples

  1. 1.The now-defunct airline had once been the country's largest carrier. (no longer operating)
  2. 2.He collected memorabilia from defunct technology companies of the 1990s dot-com era. (no longer existing)

Synonyms

  • extinct/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/— no longer existing — often for species
  • obsolete/ˌɒbsəˈliːt/— no longer useful or in use
  • discontinued/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/— no longer produced or available

Etymology

from Latin "defunctus" (dead, finished) — de- (completely) + fungi (to perform, to finish) — "having completed" life