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It was walking distance from the subway and had a lovely if nonfunctional fireplace, and when the baby bunnies nested in our herb garden, I thought, Yes.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

“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

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

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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