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unfunctional en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + functional.

Meanings

  1. Not functional; ornamental, or serving some other purpose than a practical one.
    • Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal. 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism, page 27:

Forms

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more unfunctional Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unfunctional Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unfunctionally

Relateds

nonfunctional