If you look over there, you can see a defunct water tower.
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Defunct
//ˌdiˈfʌŋkt//
Synonyms for "defunct" (171 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (85)
has-beeninactiveinanimateinapplicableinertinvalidirrecoverablekaputkaputtlapsedlatelate lamentedlaunched into eternitylifelesslostmartyredno moreobsoleteoutoutmoded
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overpassepassedpassed awaypassed onpastperfectedperishedpushing up daisiesreleasedreposingresting easyrun outsaintedset at restsettledshotsleepingsmitten with deathsolspiritlessstillstillborntaken awaytaken offterminatedthroughthrough withunusableunusedvanishedwashed upwiped outwith the lordwith the saintswithout lifewithout vital functionswound upzapped
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2 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- покоен adj (deceased)
- покойник noun (The dead person)
Catalan
1 entries- difunt adj (deceased)
Dutch
4 entries- buiten gebruik adj (no longer in use)
- buiten werking adj (no longer in use)
- gestorven adj (deceased)
- overleden adj (deceased)
French
1 entries- défunt adj (deceased)
Galician
1 entries- defunto adj (deceased)
German
4 entries- erloschen adj (no longer in use)
- gelöscht adj (no longer in use)
- gestorben adj (deceased)
- nicht mehr existierend adj (no longer in use)
Hungarian
1 entries- megszűnt adj (no longer in use)
Italian
1 entries- defunto adj (deceased)
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)
Polish
1 entries- wymarły adj (deceased)
Portuguese
2 entries- defunto adj (deceased)
- inativo adj (no longer in use)
Romanian
1 entries- defunct adj (deceased)
Russian
4 entries- вы́мерший adj (deceased)
- неде́йствующий adj (no longer in use)
- поко́йный adj (deceased)
- сконча́вшийся adj (deceased)
Spanish
1 entries- difunto adj (deceased)
Swedish
1 entries- avdöd adj (deceased)
Turkish
4 entries- feshedilmiş adj (no longer in use)
- geçersiz adj (no longer in use)
- kullanılmayan adj (no longer in use)
- vefat eden adj (deceased)
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)
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