How to Use nonfunctional in a Sentence
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There wasn’t, and still isn’t, a way to fix a nonfunctional brain.
—Esther Landhuis, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2022
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All appeared to be nonfunctional for at least part of the day.
—Thomas Adamson, ajc, 24 Mar. 2022
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Most of the weapons came from the USSR, but many of them were outdated and nonfunctional.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
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Take the Ghost House (1984), a nonfunctional chain-link folly that is also a shout-out to Gehry.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 18 June 2021
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All nonfunctional turf must be removed by the end of 2026.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2022
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Will Matthew Stafford turn out like Todd Gurley did and have a great season and then become nonfunctional due to an injury?
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022
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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
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Fourteen out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are nonfunctional.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2023
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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
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Live vaccines release a somewhat nonfunctional version of the virus into the body.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2020
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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
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Dozens of business signs were ripped from the buildings in nearby Cape Coral, trees uprooted and street lights nonfunctional Monday.
—By Kate Irby and Lesley Clarke, miamiherald, 11 Sep. 2017
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The park is subject to the same restrictions, Fabris said, including the new state rule that bans the irrigation of nonfunctional turf.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
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Junk fees and nonfunctional services are upsetting to me, too.
—Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 23 June 2019
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In fact, with the legislature basically nonfunctional most of the time, power has instead flowed to the president and the courts.
—Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2020
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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
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Their one issue is at quarterback, where Darnold has been nonfunctional, and now injured.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
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Each tiny space is equipped with a power outlet, a shallow shelf, a stool and a quaint, nonfunctional — but highly Instagrammable — retro telephone.
—Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
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There's a long list of circumstances that can make a public charging station nonfunctional.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
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But in 2015, the corroded pipes sprung leaks, meaning the water could no longer reach the tower — and rendering the cooling machinery nonfunctional.
—Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
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The group concluded that privatizing the ferry system wouldn’t work and that further cuts would leave the system nonfunctional.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2021
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And as of Friday July 27, even with the emergency cash infusion, the app is reportedly still nonfunctional for some users.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 27 July 2018
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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
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Some vaccines release a somewhat nonfunctional version of the virus into our bodies.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2020
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Some predict that a worst case scenario — refineries being nonfunctional for weeks rather than days — could push pump prices by 15 to 25 cents a gallon nationally.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
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On February 28, the pebble was a bug that threatened to effectively render three million sites nonfunctional in a matter of days.
—Brian Barrett, Wired, 9 Mar. 2020
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Mediterranean dealfish: The species swims vertically and lets its nonfunctional tail fin drift behind.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 8 June 2021
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Ellie Richard’s brooms have handles that zig and zag into myriad nonfunctional forms.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
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This example has had some recent servicing and is ready to go—although the horn is listed as nonfunctional, which should probably be addressed.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2023
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Many cities in California have begun aggressive programs to remove nonfunctional turf, and last year Nevada passed a law that requires removal of such lawns by 2026.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
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