Definition of DEFUNCT

defunct

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • no longer in force or use; inactive
    • "a defunct law"
    • "a defunct organization"
  • having ceased to exist or live
    • "the will of a defunct aunt"
    • "a defunct Indian tribe"

Adj

  • No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
  • No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
  • No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again; out of business.
  • Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
  • (of a language) No longer spoken.
  • Deceased, dead.

Verb

  • To make defunct.

Noun

  • The dead person (referred to).

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfunctus, past participle of dēfungor (“to finish, discharge”).

Synonyms

anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated, defunct, discontinued, disused, dootsie, elderly, expired, extinct, fossilized, Havishamesque, idle, Miss Havishamesque, obsolete, old, old school, old-fashioned, oldfangled, out of date, out of fashion, outdated, outmoded, outworn, parachronistic, passé, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, workless

Scrabble Score: 13

defunct is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
defunct is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
defunct is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

defunct is a valid Words With Friends word