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Definition of non-functional in English: non-functionaladjectivenɒnˈfʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n(ə)l 1Not having any particular purpose or function. in some dolphins and small whales, teeth have become virtually non-functional Example sentencesExamples - Yet, while non-functional ceramics have tended to take the limelight at the expense of local pottery, a less noticed relationship between pottery and painting has borne real fruit.
- In addition to functional genes, both clusters contain non-functional pseudogenes.
- Ping Qiu's large, unglazed ceramic objects are based partly on Chinese cooking vessels, but their non-functional form clearly refers to the anatomical.
- In other words, ‘vestigial organs’, like the non-functional eyes of cave-dwelling fish, are claimed as evidence for evolution having occurred.
- A non-functional fireplace is the focus of the room, and it shouldn't be.
- And, of course, those who use pottery or metal materials and techniques to create non-functional things are artists.
- They're usually very pretty, usually reasonably priced, and are non-functional decorative items.
- Also a little creativity can alter a non-functional space into a functional one.
- It is possible that this allele is non-functional and is compensated by other functional alleles in the same patient.
- Males of all species have 1 or 2 large functional teeth on the lower jaw; smaller, apparently non-functional teeth are sometimes seen on upper and lower jaws of several species.
- The pieces are mainly non-functional - they're really just to look at and admire.
- We examined what makes an object functional as opposed to non-functional.
- A study in the current issue of Science demonstrates for the first time that social behavior may be shaped by differences in the length of seemingly non-functional DNA, sometimes referred to as junk DNA.
Synonyms not working, not in working order, not functioning, broken, broken-down, out of service, out of commission, acting up, unserviceable, faulty, defective, non-functional, inoperative, in disrepair 2Not operating or in working order. the cooker was non-functional except for the hotplate Example sentencesExamples - He said additional toilets would be constructed wherever necessary, while the ones that are non-functional would be made functional.
- He claimed that more than 300 public toilets have become non-functional and most of the fixtures from the toilets have been stolen.
- Several traffic lights are non-functional, most of the streets are poorly lit, and the drainage system is very poor resulting in most buildings being submerged by water.
- I again politely declined (having just finished breakfast), but was good enough to point him in Fester's direction so he could be pestered about the non-functional video screen.
- Although the state has over 3,000 piped water supply schemes and over 110,000 suction-type handpump, many are non-functional due to lack of funds or community involvement.
- Yet the city is dependent for dealing with fires on a salt-water mains system that is known to have been non-functional for the past three years.
- This resulted in buildings being non-functional, inoperative or even condemned.
- Urdu Academy is almost non-functional due to lack of grants.
- A Balkan Film Board was established in 1995, and although it is non-functional at the moment, it is a structure that many filmmakers from the region say they would like to see operational.
- Out of these 140 are functional while 81 are non-functional.
- Otherwise, those organs will become non-functional.
- The lifts, meant exclusively for the patients, have been rendered non-functional for the past two days.
- The workers had also complained about the unit's single non-functional fire extinguisher, which was replaced by two new ones.
- The rate of change in non-functional sequences is orders of magnitude higher than in functional sequences, for obvious reasons.
- These industries will continue to flourish under an inefficient almost non-functional licensing office unless our Government calls for a halt to this foolishness and implement the computerisation of the transport division.
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