Associations to the word «Defunct»

Wiktionary

DEFUNCT, adjective. (now rare) Deceased, dead.
DEFUNCT, adjective. No longer in use, inactive.
DEFUNCT, adjective. (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.
DEFUNCT, adjective. (business) No longer in business or service.
DEFUNCT, verb. To make defunct.
DEFUNCT, noun. The dead person (referred to).

Dictionary definition

DEFUNCT, adjective. No longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a defunct organization".
DEFUNCT, adjective. Having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne