SINCE 1828
dead-alive
adjective
\ ¦dedᵊl¦īv, -edə¦līv\
variants:
or less commonly dead-and-alive \ ¦dedᵊnə¦līv \
Definition of dead-alive
: alive but as if dead : dull, spiritless
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