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Cuba’s military has declined to 40,000-45,000 soldiers, with nonairworthy warplanes and nonfunctional naval vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Some genetic disorders are caused by premature stop codons in critical genes, which result in incomplete and nonfunctional proteins.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

In the clay world, he said, there’s always talk about functional versus nonfunctional pottery, attempting to draw a line between the two.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

In Texas, state auditors have been warning prison officials since at least 2013 about major fire safety flaws — including nonfunctional alarms, broken smoke detectors and missing extinguishers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Since mutations are random nucleotide changes, most of them are harmful or lethal, coding into existence nonfunctional enzymes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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