nonfunctioning

adjective

non·func·tion·ing | \ ˌnän-ˈfəŋ(k)-sh(ə-)niŋ

Definition of nonfunctioning

1 : not performing or able to perform a function : not functioning : nonfunctional a nonfunctioning telephone a nonfunctioning kidney

2 medical, of a tumor : not secreting hormones or not secreting hormones that produce clinical symptoms a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma nonfunctioning islet cell tumors

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Recent Examples on the Web On the last Saturday of September, keeping the culture looked like Carter working in conjunction with members of her community to host a dinner under the stars on a nonfunctioning farm. — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021 Usually the nonfunctioning kidneys are left in place and the healthy kidney is surgically attached in a different location. — Julie Washington, cleveland, 13 July 2021 Water has also emerged as a major problem, with almost 7 million Texans under a boil water advisory, and about 263,000 people affected by nonfunctioning water providers. — Maria Jimenez Moya, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021 Water has also emerged as a major problem, with almost seven million Texans under a boil water advisory, and about 263,000 people affected by nonfunctioning water providers. — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2021 Scott, fifty, was shot and killed by a North Charleston police officer on April 4, 2015, after being stopped for a nonfunctioning brake light. — The New Yorker, 14 June 2020 There are more nonfunctioning lights on the road today than there ever used to be. — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2017 The ocular prosthesis can be nearly spherical, like the eyeball, or cup-like, to fit over an existing, malformed and nonfunctioning eye. — Christopher Wanjek, Fox News, 17 May 2017 See More

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nonfunctioning

adjective

non·func·tion·ing | \ -ˈfəŋ(k)-sh(ə-)niŋ

Medical Definition of nonfunctioning

1 : not performing or able to perform a regular function a nonfunctioning thyroid

2 of a tumor : not secreting hormones or not secreting hormones which produce clinical symptoms a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma nonfunctioning islet cell tumors