dead on arrival

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Adjective

dead on arrival (not comparable)

(of a patient) Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.
Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police.
(slang) Of a new item: received broken.
(slang) Being a failure from the start, a nonstarter.

Synonyms

DOA

Translations

dead when arriving at hospital

Italian: giunto cadavere
Japanese: 到着時死亡 (tōchaku-ji shibō)
Malay: mati ketika tiba
Tagalog: patay sa pagdating

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