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nonfunctioning

ADJECTIVE
kaput
Synonyms
WEAK
all washed up belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain down the tubes finished floored had it on the skids out of business out of circulation sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

Example Sentences

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The complaint alleges Cloudera routed U.S. worker applications to a nonfunctioning email address for at least nine months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Greeting visitors is a dire panorama of nonfunctioning wells, battered pipelines and empty storage tanks, among other markers of decline.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

The company said its cars treat nonfunctioning traffic lights as four-way stops, but the added caution worsened congestion, prompting the decision.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

“It has become just a nonfunctioning mess,” Jordan Lynch said of the school board.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023

About fifteen seconds after his first left turn in this vehicle, Herbie was stopped by a cop who ticketed him for a nonfunctioning blinker signal system, an incident which took the edge off his glow.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols