How to Use nonfunctional in a Sentence

nonfunctional

adjective

• There wasn’t, and still isn’t, a way to fix a nonfunctional brain.
  — Esther Landhuis, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2022
• All appeared to be nonfunctional for at least part of the day.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 24 Mar. 2022
• Three light tubes over the retail area were nonfunctional.
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• Country clubs have been forced to pull out nonfunctional turf and make other big changes.
  — Daniel Rothberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
• Lynch proposed that those species will therefore tend to build up heaps of nonfunctional genetic junk in their genomes.
  — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
• Kang’s case was more of an exercise in nostalgia, too, since the scroll wheel was nonfunctional.
  — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 17 July 2024
• Junk fees and nonfunctional services are upsetting to me, too.
  — Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 23 June 2019
• So which mowed grass areas would be considered nonfunctional turf under the statute?
  — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
• So, which mowed grass areas would be considered nonfunctional turf under the statute?
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• When heading out to look for lamps, take a lightbulb along to test them in-store, but also consider rewiring nonfunctional pieces.
  — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
• When heading out to look for lamps, take a lightbulb along to test them in-store, but also consider rewiring nonfunctional pieces.
  — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
• When heading out to look for lamps, take a lightbulb along to test them in-store, but also consider rewiring nonfunctional pieces.
  — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
• There's a long list of circumstances that can make a public charging station nonfunctional.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• Live vaccines release a somewhat nonfunctional version of the virus into the body.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2020
• Both groups of babies attempted to get the box to make music, by hitting a large, nonfunctional button.
  — Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS, 21 Sep. 2017
• Their one issue is at quarterback, where Darnold has been nonfunctional, and now injured.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• What is nonfunctional turf, and must your HOA prepare to remove it?
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• What is nonfunctional turf, and must your HOA prepare to remove it?
  — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
• Other party bikes have more idiosyncratic features, like a large nonfunctional barrel at the front, or roofs lined with straw.
  — Priya Krishna, Bon Appétit, 8 Aug. 2019
• Heating vents in the hallways and common rooms appeared nonfunctional.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
• In 2029, a new law will ban watering of nonfunctional turf with potable water.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
• There was one nonfunctional small reach-in refrigerator next to the griddle.
  — Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• Most of the weapons came from the USSR, but many of them were outdated and nonfunctional.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
• Some vaccines release a somewhat nonfunctional version of the virus into our bodies.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2020
• In species that don’t rely much on smell (humans are an example), these genes often mutate and become nonfunctional.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 7 July 2021
• Ellie Richard’s brooms have handles that zig and zag into myriad nonfunctional forms.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• In modern strains, it has been reduced to an imperfect, nonfunctional copy called a pseudogene, thanks to a stop codon in the middle of its sequence.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2018
• The other three showed nothing and were likely nonfunctional, according to Kramer.
  — Mark Harris, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
• The shop has been closed since at least 2022 and the roasting business now appears dormant, its website nonfunctional.
  — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
• Fourteen out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are nonfunctional.
  — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2023