nonfunctional

English

Alternative forms

• non-functional

Etymology

Etymology tree

English non-

Old French fonction

Middle French functionbor.

English function

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English functional

English nonfunctional

From non- + functional.

Adjective

nonfunctional (not comparable)

1. Not functional; useless; broken.

   Antonym: functional

2. (programming) Not of the functional programming paradigm.

   Antonym: functional

   Coordinate terms: nonimperative, nondeclarative

3. (mathematics, of a relation) Not a function in the mathematical sense.

   Antonym: functional

Derived terms

• non-functional DNA
• nonfunctionally

Translations

not functional; broken

• German: nichtfunktional
• Manx: neuobbragh, neuobbree
• Romanian: nefuncțional (ro)