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Meaning of defunct
de•funct
Pronunciation: (di-fungkt'), [key] — adj.
- no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: a defunct law; a defunct organization.
- no longer in existence; dead; extinct: a defunct person; a defunct tribe of Indians.
—n. - the dead person referred to: the survivors of the defunct.
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