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Word: defunct (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • business No longer in business or service.
  • 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.
  • now|_|rare Deceased, dead.
  • No longer in use, inactive.

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Verb:

  • To make defunct.

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