defunct
Meaning of defunct
adjective
- no longer existing or functioning.
the now defunct Somerset & Dorset railway line
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘deceased’): from Latin defunctus ‘dead’, past participle of defungi ‘carry out, finish’, from de- (expressing reversal) + fungi ‘perform’.
Information about defunct
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of defunct is: defuncts.
- Languages in which defunct is used:
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Hyphenation of defunct
de-funct
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- defunct is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
defunct synonyms
Meaning dead:
Meaning no longer being used:
Meaning not being, or never having been, used:
Meaning not working or taking effect:
Meaning not fit to be used:
Meaning no longer produced or used; out of date:
Meaning (of a product) no longer available or produced:
Meaning (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence:
Meaning preserved to become a fossil:
defunct antonyms
Meaning having paid employment:
Meaning still in existence; surviving:
Translation of defunct
- German: tot, verstorben, Tölpel
- French: mort, feu, défunt, éteint, décédé, trépassé, disparu
- Italian: morto, defunto, deceduto
- Spanish: muerto, muerta, fallecido, fallecida
Words that rhyme with defunct
unct, nondefunct, abjunct, adjunct, codisjunct, conjunct, disjunct, inconjunct, injunct, nondisjunct, postadjunct, preadjunct, sejunct, subjunct, emunct, inunct, compunct, dispunct, expunct, interpunct, punct
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