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unfunctional

adj

Etymology

From un- + functional.

  1. derived from *bʰewg-✻
  2. derived from functiō — “performance, execution”
  3. derived from fonction
  4. borrowed from function
  5. formed as functional — “function + -al”
  6. prefixed as unfunctional — “un + functional”

Definitions

  1. Not functional

    Not functional; ornamental, or serving some other purpose than a practical one.

    • Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unfunctional. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA