defunct

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One early party he planned—a Halloween rave at a defunct plastics plant that was a registered toxic-waste site—was shut down by the fire department after it deemed the place unsafe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

In 2015, he and his partners opened an outdoor party space they called the Brooklyn Mirage in a lot next to a defunct warehouse in Williamsburg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The site of Ukraine's defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant briefly lost off-site power in the shutdown, the UN atomic energy watchdog said.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

The ghost, on the other hand, who speaks in a creepy monotone, is like a relic of a long defunct amateur troupe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

The far wall has a defunct, dirty fireplace built into it.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer