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Dead, no longer alive or living

Ancient and typically no longer present or existing

No longer active or functioning

Nonliving, having no sentience or consciousness

Finished, having reached an end or conclusion

Without hope or prospect of completion, success, or survival

No longer operating as a business due to bankruptcy

Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment

So common as to be trite

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Adjective

Dead, no longer alive or living

dead as a doornail

as dead as a doornail

pushing up daisies

bitten the dust

having breathed one's last

out for the count

dead to the world

no longer living

no longer extant

kicked the bucket

gave up the ghost

bought the farm

resting in peace

out of one's misery

gone to meet maker

pushing up the daisies

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“She is the defunct queen of Naples, Maria Christina, whom Rome intends to canonize.”

Adjective

Ancient and typically no longer present or existing

no longer in existence

dead and buried

over and done with

consigned to oblivion

in the olden days

of an earlier time

once upon a time

of a former period

in the good old days

ancient history

a thing of the past

deemed obsolete

down memory lane

sunk in oblivion

no longer extant

no longer existing

no longer known

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“Some local historians, taking note of an old but now defunct tradition of putting on a Passion Play every five years in Willendorf, put about the story that Willendorfers were heir to the world's oldest spiritual tradition.”

Adjective

No longer active or functioning

non-functioning

not functioning

no longer in use

out of commission

behind the times

fallen into disuse

horse-and-buggy

backward-looking

horse and buggy

past its sell-by date

of the old school

on its last legs

having seen better days

past your sell-by date

not fashionable

no longer active

old as the hills

as old as the hills

well-established

in period style

old as Methuselah

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“And let's not forget any lingering remnants of data from our older collections of USB drives, SD cards, and defunct computers.”

Adjective

Nonliving, having no sentience or consciousness

Adjective

Finished, having reached an end or conclusion

all over but the shouting

over and done with

ancient history

brought to pass

a thing of the past

materialised^UK

materialized^US

dead and buried

put into effect

brought to a close

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Adjective

Without hope or prospect of completion, success, or survival

out of business

out of circulation

down for the count

dead in the water

up the creek without a paddle

in serious trouble

in dire straits

in deep trouble

dead and buried

gone to the wall

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Adjective

No longer operating as a business due to bankruptcy

out of business

in administration

in receivership

in Carey Street

financially ruined

in Queer Street

in the hands of the receivers

gone to the wall

poverty-stricken

strapped for cash

without two pennies to rub together

unable to pay one's debts

without a penny

taken to the cleaners

Adjective

Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment

anesthetized^US

anaesthetized^UK

desensitised^UK

desensitized^US

lacking physical sensation

dead to the world

out for the count

without feeling

anaesthetised^UK

deprived of sensation

lacking feeling

lacking sensation

out like a light

lacking in feeling

lacking in sensation

knocked unconscious

knocked for six

out on one's feet

down for the count

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Adjective

So common as to be trite

run-of-the-mill

past their sell-by date

undistinguished

unsophisticated

middle-of-the-road

no great shakes

nothing to write home about

nothing to get excited about

standardized^US

standardised^UK

conventionalized

dull as dishwater

common or garden

readily available

widely available

run of the mill

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