If you look over there, you can see a defunct water tower.
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Defunct
/ˌdiˈfʌŋkt/
Synonyms for "defunct" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
has beenhas-beeninactiveinanimateinapplicableinertinoperativeinvalidirrecoverablekaputkaputtlapsedlatelate lamentedlaunched into eternitylifelesslostmartyredno moreobsolete
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outoutmodedoverpassepassedpassed awaypassed onpastperfectedperishedpushing up daisiesreleasedreposingresting easyrun outsaintedset at restsettledshotsleepingsmitten with deathsolspiritlessstillstillborntaken awaytaken offterminatedthroughthrough withunusableunusedvanishedwashed upwiped outwith the lordwith the saintswithout lifewithout vital functionswound upzapped
Adjective(8 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entrieslegal termpolicy termstate of beingstatus term
More specific
6 entriesabolished ordinancedecommissioned facilitydiscontinued productexpired lawrepealed regulationshuttered plant
Collocations
6 entriesdefunct companydefunct industrydefunct organizationdefunct programdefunct regimedefunct technology
Inflections
2 entriesmore defunctmost defunct
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 8 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- buiten gebruik adj (no longer in use)
- buiten werking adj (no longer in use)
German
4 entries- erloschen adj (no longer in use)
- gelöscht adj (no longer in use)
- nicht mehr existierend adj (no longer in use)
- tot adj (no longer in use)
Hungarian
1 entries- megszűnt adj (no longer in use)
Māori
1 entries- tūnguru adj (no longer in use)
Norwegian
2 entries- lagt ned adj (no longer in use)
- nedlagt adj (no longer in use)
Portuguese
1 entries- inativo adj (no longer in use)
Russian
1 entries- неде́йствующий adj (no longer in use)
Turkish
4 entries- feshedilmiş adj (no longer in use)
- geçersiz adj (no longer in use)
- kullanılmayan adj (no longer in use)
- ölü adj (no longer in use)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The project is now defunct.
Source: tatoeba (10319792)
Tom lives down the road from a defunct granary.
Source: tatoeba (10352316)
The campground was defunct.
Source: tatoeba (11227786)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.