"nonfunctional" meaning in English

See nonfunctional in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: non-functional [alternative]
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  1. Not functional; useless; broken. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not functional; broken): nichtfunktional (German), neuobbragh (Manx), neuobbree (Manx), nefuncțional (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-nonfunctional-en-adj-K~y0piLx Disambiguation of 'not functional; broken': 85 11 5
  2. (programming) Not of the functional programming paradigm. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nonfunctional-en-adj-KsCSE4vy Categories (other): Programming, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with German translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 17 63 20 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 16 62 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 16 62 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 16 65 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 63 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 18 56 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 68 19 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 20 59 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 79 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 61 20 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 59 23 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 18 62 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 54 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 24 50 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 21 54 25 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  3. (mathematics, of a relation) Not a function in the mathematical sense. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nonfunctional-en-adj-PBG2QVRx Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: non-functional DNA, nonfunctionally

Alternative forms

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