defunct

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪˈfʌŋkt/ UK /dɪˈfʌŋkt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
no longer existing, functioning, or in use

They stumbled upon the records of a long-defunct shipping company.

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Synonyms

1 adj · no longer existing,... extinct dead obsolete inactive expired bygone invalid

Opposites

living active extant operative functioning

Word family

Derived forms defunctness

Related forms function defunction perfunctory

Simplified etymology

Defunct entered English in the mid-16th century from Latin defunctus, “dead.” Its earliest recorded English sense was “deceased”; the meaning “no longer in use or in fashion” dates from the mid-18th century.

Etymology

From Latin defunctus ('dead'), past participle of defungi ('to discharge, finish, die'), from de- ('completely') + fungi ('to perform, discharge').

defunctus Latin fungi Latin

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# defunct

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈfʌŋkt/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈfʌŋkt/

## Meanings
1. no longer existing, functioning, or in use

## Examples
- They stumbled upon the records of a long-defunct shipping company.

## Synonyms
- extinct
- dead
- obsolete
- inactive
- expired
- bygone
- invalid

## Antonyms
- living
- active
- extant
- operative
- functioning

## Derived Forms
- defunctness

## Related Forms
- function
- defunction
- perfunctory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: defunctus
- Root: fungi

## Etymology
From Latin defunctus ('dead'), past participle of defungi ('to discharge, finish, die'), from de- ('completely') + fungi ('to perform, discharge').

## AI Etymology
Defunct is from Latin defunctus ('dead'), past participle of defungi ('to discharge, finish, die'), from de- ('completely') + fungi ('to perform, discharge'). Important recorded forms include defunctus (Latin) and fungi (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers no longer existing, functioning, or in use. The wider family includes derived forms such as defunctness and related words such as function, defunction, and perfunctory.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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