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