more dead than alive

English

Adjective

more dead than alive (not comparable)

Very close to death; in extremely bad condition.

Translations

Translations

Dutch: meer dood dan levend
Finnish: puolikuollut (fi), henkihieverissä (fi)
French: plus mort que vif (fr)
Polish: wpółżywy (pl), blisko śmierci

See also

Further reading

“more dead than alive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“more dead than alive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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