defunct
Example Sentences
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Defunct wildlife farms sat as close as one mile from the entrances.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2021
Mr. Delzer, the proprietor of a secondhand store in Nashville called Defunct Books, has a different view.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2020
Defunct, unused accounts are almost assuredly included in this number, too.
From Forbes • Mar. 21, 2011
Defunct timetables papered the walls; cigarette butts and chewing gum were stomped deep into the linoleum.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Defunct or not, then, the business was presumably worth at least that.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
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