nonfunctional

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adjective

Not functional; useless; broken.

Similar
nonstructuralcosmeticdecorativeornamentalmalfunctioningamissawryhaywire
Opposite
functional
OriginEnglish functional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French function →
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Meanings

adjectivenonfunctional (not comparable)

alternative non-functional

  1. not comparableNot functional; useless; broken.

    Antonyms: functional

  2. not comparablecomputingNot of the functional programming paradigm.

    Antonyms: functional

  3. not comparablemathematicsNot a function in the mathematical sense.

    Antonyms: functional

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot functional; useless; broken.

Opposite
functional

adjectiveNot of the functional programming paradigm.

Opposite
functional

adjectiveNot a function in the mathematical sense.

Opposite
functional

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot having or performing a function

Similar
nonstructuralcosmeticdecorativeornamental
Opposite
functional

adjectivenot performing or able to perform its regular function

Similar
malfunctioningamissawryhaywirebaddefectiveout of whackrun-down
Also see
amissawrybadcosmeticdecorativedefectivehaywiremalfunctioningnonoperativenonstructuralnonworkingornamentalout of whackrun-downwrong

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewg-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰunégti
  16. Proto-Italic*fungōr
  17. Latinfungor
  18. Latinfūnctiō
  19. Old Frenchfonction
  20. Middle Frenchfunction
  21. Englishfunction
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishfunctional
  25. Englishnonfunctional

From non- + functional.

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Translations

German nichtfunktional
  • nichtfunktionalnot functional; broken
Romanian nefuncțional
  • nefuncționalnot functional; broken
Cite this entry
APA

nonfunctional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfunctional

MLA

“nonfunctional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfunctional. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfunctional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfunctional.

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