How to Use nonfunctional in a Sentence

nonfunctional

adjective

• There wasn’t, and still isn’t, a way to fix a nonfunctional brain.
  — Esther Landhuis, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2022
• All appeared to be nonfunctional for at least part of the day.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 24 Mar. 2022
• Most of the weapons came from the USSR, but many of them were outdated and nonfunctional.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
• Take the Ghost House (1984), a nonfunctional chain-link folly that is also a shout-out to Gehry.
  — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• All nonfunctional turf must be removed by the end of 2026.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Live vaccines release a somewhat nonfunctional version of the virus into the body.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Junk fees and nonfunctional services are upsetting to me, too.
  — Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 23 June 2019
• 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
• 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
• Their one issue is at quarterback, where Darnold has been nonfunctional, and now injured.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• 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
• There's a long list of circumstances that can make a public charging station nonfunctional.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Some vaccines release a somewhat nonfunctional version of the virus into our bodies.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2020
• 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
• 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
• Mediterranean dealfish: The species swims vertically and lets its nonfunctional tail fin drift behind.
  — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 8 June 2021
• Ellie Richard’s brooms have handles that zig and zag into myriad nonfunctional forms.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• 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
• 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
• New measures have already been adopted in some states outlawing nonfunctional grass.
  — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024