Defunct Definition
dĭ-fŭngkt
adjective
Having ceased to exist or live.
A defunct political organization.
American Heritage
No longer living; deceased.
Webster's New World
No longer existing or functioning, as because of failure.
A defunct government.
Webster's New World
(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.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To make defunct.
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noun
The dead person (referred to).
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Origin of Defunct
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From Old French defunct (French défunt), from Latin dēfunctus, past participle of dēfungor (“to finish, discharge”).
From Wiktionary
Latin dēfūnctus past participle of dēfungī to finish dē- de- fungī to perform
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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