kaput
kaput
adjectiveDefinition of KAPUT
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having passed its time of use or usefulness <hard-line Soviet-style Communism became kaput in Russia>
Synonyms antiquated, archaic, dated, démodé, demoded, fossilized, kaput (also kaputt), medieval (also mediaeval), moribund, mossy, moth-eaten, neolithic, Noachian, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, passé, prehistoric (also prehistorical), rusty, Stone Age, superannuated
Related Words aging (or ageing), obsolescent; discarded, disused, inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless; dead, defunct, expired, extinct, vanished; dormant, fallow, free, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent; ancient, antediluvian, antique, dateless, fusty, musty, old; oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, retro, vintage; aged, age-old, hoary, venerable; atavistic, bygone, erstwhile, former, historic, historical, late, old-world, past
Near Antonyms contemporary, current, mod, modern, new, newfangled, new-fashioned, present-day, recent, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute; fresh; modernized, refurbished, remodeled, renewed; functional, operable, operational, workable; active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, operating, operative
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not being in working order <the heating system went kaput on the coldest day of the year>
Synonyms down, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), malfunctioning, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating
Related Words broken; off; deactivated, deadlocked, ineffective, ineffectual, nonproductive, unproductive, unusable, unworkable, useless
Near Antonyms effective, effectual, employable, performing, producing, productive, serving, usable (also useable), useful, viable, workable
Antonyms functional, functioning, operable, operant, operating, operational, operative, running, working
Variants of KAPUT
kaput also kaputt
