Defunct
Defunct adjective - No longer existing.
Previous
Previous adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Defunct and previous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defunct" instead an adjective "Previous".
Nearby Word: previously
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This is after Bane managed to find his primary armory of the "defunct" Wayne R&D warehouse, which gave them some military vehicles very similar to the Tumbler Batman used in the previous movies.
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Metal Gear Online, which had two (now defunct) previous incarnations based on MGS 3 and MGS 4, plus an upcoming third one based on MGSV.
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Kadokawa Pictures USA [now defunct] held the license itself and outsourced localization — translation, subtitling, scripts, dubbing - to ADV in order to have consistency with the previous two series; FUNimation was in charge of packaging, DVD authoring, and distribution.
Source: Creator / FUNimation
Cite this Source
Previous and Defunct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defunct/previous
Defunct & Previous. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defunct/previous>.
Previous or Defunct. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defunct/previous.
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