dead-alive

adjective

Dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality.

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Meanings

adjectivedead-alive (comparative more dead-alive, superlative most dead-alive)

comparative more dead-alive · superlative most dead-alive

  1. Dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality.

    1906, Hilaire Belloc, , introduction to Essays in Literature and History by James Anthony Froude In one epoch lubricity, in another fanaticism, in a third dulness and a dead-alive copying of the past, are the faults which criticism finds to attack.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dead-and-alive

Translations

Bulgarian вял, скучен
  • вял (vjal)Dull; lifeless
  • скучен (skučen)Dull; lifeless
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dead-alive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead-alive.

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