defunct

Meaning

Adj

1. No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
2. No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
3. 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.
4. (of a language) No longer spoken.
5. (archaic) Deceased, dead.

Verb

To make defunct.

Noun

The dead person (referred to).

Synonyms

dead

💀

deceased

departed

dead person

extinct

late

expired

lifeless

decedent

erstwhile

etc

ex

exanimate

extinguished

former

gone

obsolete

old

🧓

olden

past

sometime

vanished

no longer functioning

no longer in use

the deceased

no longer with us

amort

asleep

burnt out

casualty

deceased person

done for

dry

dull

Translations

défunt

verstorben

difunto

defunto

💀

décédé

mort

tot

💀

مردو

Toten

feu

🔥

deceduto

νεκροί

overleden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈfʌŋkt/

Etymology

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