largely defunct

Frequency: 5.84.1 per million words

Indicates that something is mostly or for the most part defunct.

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Examples (10)

  • The mainframe system is now largely defunct, with only a few legacy applications still running on it.
  • The local model railway club is largely defunct, meeting only once a year.
  • The typewriter manufacturing industry became largely defunct with the advent of personal computers.
  • That old bylaw is largely defunct and hasn't been enforced for decades.
  • The custom of sending handwritten letters is largely defunct in the age of email.
  • After the scandal, the political organization became largely defunct.
  • Although technically still registered, the company is largely defunct and has no active operations.
  • The old canal system for transporting goods is now largely defunct.
  • Phrenology is a largely defunct theory that attempted to determine personality from skull shape.
  • The print edition of the journal is largely defunct, having moved almost entirely online.