moribund

adjective

mor·i·bund | \ ˈmȯr-ə-(ˌ)bənd

, ˈmär-\

Definition of moribund

1 : being in the state of dying : approaching death in the moribund patient deepening stupor and coma are the usual preludes to death— Norman Cameron

2 : being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence a moribund virus a moribund volcano prune the moribund files from your disk forever— D. S. Janal

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Examples of moribund in a Sentence

an actor who is trying to revive his moribund career The peace talks are moribund.

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Get our daily newsletter Can the moribund Teutonic giant be shaken back into life? — The Economist, "Can Germany’s biggest lender survive on its own?," 21 June 2019 Capitalism and liberal democracy seemed moribund; centralized economies and authoritarian regimes looked like the only way modern mass societies could be governed. — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, "“1984” at Seventy: Why We Still Read Orwell’s Book of Prophecy," 8 June 2019 The Trust Women Act, which Sisolak signed into law last week, repealed the state’s moribund laws that imposed criminal penalties on doctors who provide abortions. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "The State That Liberal Dreams Are Made Of," 5 June 2019 There are the games like Evolve, Paragon, Battleborn, Artifact, and Lawbreakers that were never able to turn things around after moribund launches. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Did Fallout 76 launch too early or just in time to be saved?," 4 June 2019 Parrish also vividly remembers darker times for the team, like Dec. 3, 1997, another weeknight game in another moribund season, when the team had won just one of its first 14 games. — Ray Chavez, The Mercury News, "Goodbye Oracle: Longtime Arena workers reflect on Oakland’s final Warriors farewell," 4 June 2019 In 2003, the then-dictatorship agreed to give up its nuclear efforts in order to get relief from U.S. sanctions and repair its moribund economy. — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, "How Kim Jong Un got cold feet," 17 May 2018 Unlike Ophelia, the patron saint of moribund allure, the women who cloak themselves in these baleful blooms will not be tragic characters. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "The 7 Biggest Trends of the Fall 2019 Season," 12 Mar. 2019 Uline lacks a visible corporate communications department and has a moribund Twitter account, unusual for a company with more than 6,000 employees. — Stephanie Saul, New York Times, "The Most Powerful Conservative Couple You’ve Never Heard Of," 7 June 2018

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