Defunct

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having ceased to exist or live: a defunct political organization.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Deceased, dead.
  • adj. No longer in use, inactive.
  • adj. Specifically, of a program: that has terminated but is still shown in the list of processes because the parent process that created it is still running and has not yet reaped it. See also zombie, zombie process.
  • adj. No longer in business or service.
  • v. To make defunct.
  • n. The dead person (referred to).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.
  • adj. No longer in effect or use; no longer operating.
  • n. A dead person; one deceased.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Dead; deceased; extinct.
  • n. A dead person, or dead persons collectively; the dead: most commonly used of a recently deceased person.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. no longer in force or use; inactive
  • adj. having ceased to exist or live
  • Equivalent
    inoperative    dead   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dead    deceased   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    debunked    dunked    flunked    junked    plunked    spelunked   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    extinct    nonexistent    bankrupt    obsolete    deceased    legendary    illustrious    valorous    valueless    moribund