now defunct

Frequency: 6.87.3 per million words

Indicates that something is currently defunct, often implying it was active before.

defunctADVERB + defunct

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now

Examples (10)

  • He wrote for the now defunct newspaper, the Daily Correspondent.
  • The factory belongs to a now defunct manufacturing company.
  • I found some old floppy disks from a now defunct software company.
  • The lead singer of the now defunct rock band started a solo career.
  • That regulation is part of a now defunct legal code.
  • She used to post her art on a now defunct social media platform.
  • He was a member of a now defunct political party from the 1970s.
  • The records were transferred from the now defunct Department of Energy.
  • She collected every issue of the now defunct fashion magazine.
  • The old bridge was part of a now defunct railway line that connected the two towns.