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Defunct
Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.
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Similar meaning 4
Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…
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Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…
oewn 2023
50% interchangeable
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Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.
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50% interchangeable
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.
oewn 2023
50% interchangeable
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Derivationally related 2
The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
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15% interchangeable
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The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
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