Deadpool

Quick meaning: Deadpool is a noun meaning (business, informal, ambitransitive) Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.

Meaning

(business, informal, ambitransitive) Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.

More Meanings

1. Alternative form of dead pool (“a point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water”).
2. Alternative form of dead pool (“a game of predicting when people will die”).

Example Sentences

Although the influx of start-ups was relatively higher previously, many start-ups have deadpooled too.

The hydraulic head is the difference between the normal maximum water surface elevation and the deadpool (e.g. the water level below which water can no longer be discharged) elevation.

Now many dams are approaching deadpool, without enough water to even flow past the dam or turn the electric generators, and more and more rivers don't even reach the sea, even the mighty Nile.

After burning through $10.5 million in capital that was raised over the three years of its operation, and unable to generate enough revenue to keep the website afloat, the company began looking for a new buyer. Judy's Book was deadpooled in October 2007.

Word Forms

• deadpools
• deadpooling
• deadpooled

Related Words

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