English Dictionary

defunct

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈfʌŋkt/

形容詞

古語

(now rare) Deceased, dead. / No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again. / (business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again.

日本語の意味

（古語的に）死んでいる、既に亡くなっている / もはや使用中または活動中でなく、再び使用・活動される見込みがない / （事業において）営業やサービスを終了しており、再開される見込みのない

Even years after his funeral, the villagers still spoke of the defunct magistrate with a mixture of reverence and fear.

葬儀から何年経っても、村人たちは敬意と恐れが入り混じった思いで故人の役人について語り続けた。

意味（1）

(now rare) Deceased, dead.

The organs, though defunct and dead before, / Break up their drowsy grave and newly move

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again.

意味（4）

(computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.

意味（5）

(linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.

more defunct （ comparative ）

most defunct （ superlative ）