defunct

Definition

No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfunctus, past participle of dēfungor (“to finish, discharge”).

Example Sentences

• "[T]he engineer must solve the mysteries of boiler accidents by studying defunct structures of many different types."
• "When a language dies members of the culture of which that language was once a part may attempt to hold on to their linguistic heritage, if not by the use of the defunct language itself, at least by the preservation of its script."
• "The organs, though defunct and dead before, / Break up their drowsy grave and newly move"