No other companies purchased the technology, so as a result the VentrAssist device was essentially defunct.

"At this point the Creo Society is essentially defunct," Attorney General Robert Abrams said in winding up the inquiry on Friday.

By late 1936, pop releases were discontinued, leaving the label essentially defunct.

VHD was essentially defunct after 1986.

The group went into decline thereafter and was essentially defunct by 1936.

By the first decade of the 21st century the aluminum industry in the Pacific Northwest was essentially defunct.

The City Attorney counters by saying the commission was essentially defunct in any case, its role overtaken by the statewide deregulation of electricity.

The RCA system is essentially defunct.

A series of serious setbacks, including an Ohio River flood and a strike, decimated the business and by the end of 1857, it was essentially defunct.

The company did not admit any violations in the agreement, and there is substantial doubt whether the government will collect any money; Sabretech is essentially defunct.