defunct
Meaning
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- Deceased, dead.
- No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
- No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
- 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.
- (of a language) No longer spoken.
Synonyms
dead person
no longer functioning
no longer in use
the deceased
deceased person
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈfʌŋkt/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēfunctus, past participle of dēfungor (“to finish, discharge”).
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