living dead

English

Noun

living dead pl (plural only)

  1. (fiction, usually with the) The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.

Translations

Adjective

living dead (not comparable)

  1. Existing in stasis, without meaningful activity or development.
    • 2012, Gar Smith, Nuclear Roulette:
      This “living dead” industry has been written off time and time again, yet it continues to clamber back to its feet and lumber blindly onward.
    • 2014, J. Chris Leach, Ronald W. Melicher, Entrepreneurial Finance, page 423:
      Venture's investment in Black Hawk could turn out to be a complete failure (black hole), barely surviving (living dead), or wildly successful (venture utopia).
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