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单词 nonfunctioning
释义

nonfunctioning

adjective

non·​func·​tion·​ing ˌnän-ˈfəŋ(k)-sh(ə-)niŋ How to pronounce nonfunctioning (audio)
1
: not performing or able to perform a function : not functioning : nonfunctional
a nonfunctioning telephone
a nonfunctioning kidney
2
medical, of a tumor : not secreting hormones or not secreting hormones that produce clinical symptoms
a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma
nonfunctioning islet cell tumors

Synonyms

  • down
  • inoperable
  • inoperative
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • malfunctioning
  • nonfunctional
  • nonoperating
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web On the last Saturday of September, keeping the culture looked like Carter working in conjunction with members of her community to host a dinner under the stars on a nonfunctioning farm. Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021 Usually the nonfunctioning kidneys are left in place and the healthy kidney is surgically attached in a different location. Julie Washington, cleveland, 13 July 2021 Water has also emerged as a major problem, with almost 7 million Texans under a boil water advisory, and about 263,000 people affected by nonfunctioning water providers. Maria Jimenez Moya, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021 Water has also emerged as a major problem, with almost seven million Texans under a boil water advisory, and about 263,000 people affected by nonfunctioning water providers. New York Times, 17 Feb. 2021 Scott, fifty, was shot and killed by a North Charleston police officer on April 4, 2015, after being stopped for a nonfunctioning brake light. The New Yorker, 14 June 2020 There are more nonfunctioning lights on the road today than there ever used to be. Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2017 The ocular prosthesis can be nearly spherical, like the eyeball, or cup-like, to fit over an existing, malformed and nonfunctioning eye. Christopher Wanjek, Fox News, 17 May 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

nonfunctioning

adjective

non·​func·​tion·​ing -ˈfəŋ(k)-sh(ə-)niŋ How to pronounce nonfunctioning (audio)
1
: not performing or able to perform a regular function
a nonfunctioning thyroid
2
of a tumor : not secreting hormones or not secreting hormones which produce clinical symptoms
a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma
nonfunctioning islet cell tumors

nonfunctioning

adjective

as in malfunctioning
not being in working order the Ferris wheel is nonfunctioning at the moment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • malfunctioning
  • nonfunctional
  • broken
  • inoperable
  • down
  • inoperative
  • nonoperating
  • useless
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • off
  • out of commission
  • unusable
  • on the fritz
  • on the blink
  • ineffective
  • unworkable
  • deactivated
  • ineffectual
  • nonproductive
  • unproductive
  • deadlocked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • functioning
  • functional
  • operating
  • operational
  • operative
  • working
  • operable
  • usable
  • effective
  • useful
  • viable
  • running
  • operant
  • producing
  • productive
  • workable
  • serving
  • useable
  • effectual
  • performing
  • employable
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