defunct
English
Etymology
From Old French defunct (French défunt), from Latin dēfunctus, past participle of dēfungor (“to finish, discharge”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˈfʌŋkt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. also IPA(key): /ˌdiˈfʌŋkt/
Adjective
defunct (comparative more defunct, superlative most defunct)
- (now rare) Deceased, dead.
- No longer in use, inactive.
- (computing) Specifically, of a program: that has terminated but is still shown in the list of processes because the parent process that created it is still running and has not yet reaped it. See also zombie, zombie process.
- (business) No longer in business or service.
- (linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
Translations
deceased
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no longer in use
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Verb
defunct (third-person singular simple present defuncts, present participle defuncting, simple past and past participle defuncted)
- To make defunct.
Noun
defunct
- The dead person (referred to).
- 1817 September, in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, volume 1, page 617:
- […] he saw Robert Johnston, pannel, come out of the cott-house with the fork in his hand, and pass by Alexander Fall and the deponent; heard the pannell say, he had sticked the dog, and he would stick the whelps too; whereupon the pannell run after the defunct’s son with the fork in his hand, […]
- 1817 September, in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, volume 1, page 617:
Related terms
Translations
The dead person
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