[ UK /dɪfˈʌŋkt/ ]
[ US /dɪˈfəŋkt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. no longer in force or use; inactive
    a defunct law
    a defunct organization
  2. having ceased to exist or live
    the will of a defunct aunt
    a defunct Indian tribe
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How To Use defunct In A Sentence

  • The waste from a defunct reactor is full of plutonium, a highly toxic metal used as the explosive in atomic bombs.
  • Vnde missarum sacrificia, quibus uulgo dicebatur, Sacerdotem offerre Christum in remissionem poena aut culpae pro uiuis et defunctis, blasphema figmenta sunt, et pernitiosae imposturae. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches.
  • I have a feeling this subject is going to be even touchier than the speculation that surrounded the cast of the now defunct JLA movie, so let the battle begin in the comment section, or over in the Major Spoilers Movie Forum. via Hollywood Reporter Akira Getting Live Action Treatment | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
  • Though defunct since 1997, many companies continued issuing them for some years later to be on the safe side.
  • It had evidently been the ballroom or reception-room of the defunct Marchesa in palmy days. The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton
  • The waste from a defunct reactor is full of plutonium, a highly toxic metal used as the explosive in atomic bombs.
  • the will of a defunct aunt
  • He wrote many articles for the now sadly defunct newspaper, the Daily Correspondent.
  • A federal jury found the so-called DC madam guilty of running a high-end prostitution ring. Deborah Palfrey said her now- defunct business was an "erotic fantasy service".
  • The now defunct Glasgow Club's record haul of 33 wins keeps them alive in name only in the history books ahead of their former rivals - though very much still in existence!
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