Dead-alive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dead-alive is an adjective meaning Dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality.
Meaning
Dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lifeless, unalive, dull, dead, vapid, dead-hearted.
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