deceased

1. not comparableNo longer alive; dead.

   Publicity handouts from Dick's long-deceased record label would have us believe that he was born in Cleveland in 1952.

   1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 272

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   1969, Monty Python, Dead Parrot Sketch That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.

   Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, dead, departed, late, gone, asleep

2. not comparableBelonging to the dead.

   The executor's commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.

3. not comparablelawOne who has died.
4. excessivenot comparableOverwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead.

   You look so good, I'm deceased!

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   I am deceased, my nuts have been busted.

   2021, Penelope Scott, “7 O'Clock” (track 1), in Hazards, performed by Penelope Scott

   "So that's it? We're not going to talk anymore? I won't see you?" she asks through tears. "Oh, you'll see me," Deborah replies. "In court!" (OUCH.) Deborah walks away. And I am deceased.

   2022 June 2, Nick Caruso, “Hacks Season 2 Finale Recap: [Spoiler] Gets Fired, as Deborah's Special Finally Gets Off the Ground — Grade It!”, in TVLine, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2022

plural deceaseds

1. euphemisticSynonym of dead (“those who have died”).

   a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars

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   The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.

   Synonyms: dead, decedent, departed, late, decedents

2. lawOne who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

   Deceased had already made a will in his favour before her marriage, but—and Mr. Philips wagged an expressive forefinger—the prisoner was not aware of that. What had induced the deceased to make a fresh will, with the old one still extant, he could not say.

   1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 153