nonfunctioning

Examples

• All

• In several of these places, backup power systems were inadequate for prolonged use or nonfunctioning, and city power had not been restored.

  Blog text (34)

• A group of locals sat gloomily around a nonfunctioning fountain.

  Fiction book (1994)

• It is not unusual, however, to find nonfunctioning pumps at pump-out facilities.

  Academic text (1998)

• There is no mechanism for tracking land departures, and the system for tracking arrivals and departures by air, which is how most visa holders travel, is largely nonfunctioning.

  Academic text (2002)

• But it did not erase, or even much ease at first, the most pressing problems confronting that beleaguered country: endemic violence, a shattered state, a nonfunctioning economy, and a decimated society.

  Academic text (2004)

• During the inspection, we discovered a nonfunctioning alarm system that had not been repaired.

• The nonfunctioning elevator left residents stranded on the upper floors for hours.

Synonyms

U

useless

vsnonfunctioning

550 1.0

Not able to do the job it is made for

is more neutral, pointing to nonperformance rather than broader uselessness

I

inoperative

vsnonfunctioning

9 5.5

Not working or not having any effect

is about failing to perform the intended function rather than legal or formal invalidity

I

inoperable

vsnonfunctioning

7 7.1

You cannot use it because it does not work

is a general label for not performing the intended function rather than permanent incapacity

N

nonfunctional

vsnonfunctioning

3 4.4

Not working or broken

is the same meaning but uses the -ing form rather than -al

N

nonoperational

vsnonfunctioning

1 4.6

Not working or currently not in use

is about failing to perform the intended function rather than mere unavailability

F

functionless

vsnonfunctioning

1 5.0

Not working or useful for any purpose

is about failure to perform a specific intended function rather than general purposelessness

N

nonworking

vsnonfunctioning

3.9

Not operating or being used

is about failing to perform the intended function rather than temporary inactivity

N

non-operating

vsnonfunctioning

4.9

Not working now or not part of the main business activities

is focused on failing to perform a function rather than organizational noninvolvement

M

malfunctioning

vsnonfunctioning

4.0

Not working properly so a machine or system cannot work as it should

is about complete lack or absence of intended function rather than partial faults

U

unfunctional

vsnonfunctioning

8.2

Not useful for everyday tasks

is focused on failing to work for its intended function rather than general unsuitability

Antonyms

F

functioning

3 3.1

Working as it should and ready to use

How Functional

working

1.0

operational

102 4.1

faulty

61 3.5

nonfunctioning

1 3.9

broken

31 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology