nonfunctional
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“The system felt nonfunctional, and that was stressful,” Katie said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
By about age 75, the thymus is essentially nonfunctional.
From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025
They found deep kinship in their approach to mechanical problems — sometimes more intuitive than methodical — and their desire to restore nonfunctional or limping machines to their full potential.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Some officials have been talking about nonfunctional turf so much that they abbreviate it with the acronym “NFT.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 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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