Defunct
[dɪ'fʌŋ(k)t] or [dɪ'fʌŋkt]
Definition
(adj.) having ceased to exist or live; 'the will of a defunct aunt'; 'a defunct Indian tribe' .
(adj.) no longer in force or use; inactive; 'a defunct law'; 'a defunct organization' .
Checker: Mimi--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.
(n.) A dead person; one deceased.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Dead, deceased, departed, gone.
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Definition
adj. having finished the course of life dead.—n. a dead person.—n. Defunc′tion (Shak.) death.—adj. Defunc′tive (Shak.) pertaining to the dead.
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Examples
- Wilson's raid resulted in the capture of the fugitive president of the defunct confederacy before he got out of the country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Her friendship with that defunct British statesman was mentioned when we first introduced her in this history. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She had the ransacking of the wardrobes of the two defunct ladies, and cut and hacked their posthumous finery so as to suit her own tastes and figure. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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