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   moribund

   /ˈmɒrɪbʌnd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) at the point of death: "on examination she was moribund and dehydrated" Similar dyingexpiringon one's deathbednear deathnear the endat death's doorbreathing one's lastfading/sinking fastnot long for this worldfailing rapidlyon one's last legsin extremisinformal:with one foot in the graveOpposite thrivingrecovering
   • ▪ (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour: "the moribund commercial property market" Similar decliningin declineon the declinewaningdyingstagnatingstagnantdecayingcrumblingatrophyingobsolescenton its last legsinformal:on the way outOpposite flourishing

   Word Origin early 18th century: from Latin moribundus, from mori ‘to die’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. moribundity noun

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   • in a very bad condition; dying Definition of moribund adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   • A person who is near to dying. Politically moribund, it succumbed to the attacks of its virile southern neighbours, who, having emerged from foreign tutelage, developed according to the natural laws of their own genius and environment. This was the high tide of its prosperity; in New York in 1833 the organization was moribund, and its.

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   • moribund species, largely due to human encroachment on their natural habitat. a moribund political party. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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   • Morbid describes something gruesome, like smallpox or Frankenstein's monster. Moribund refers to the act of dying. Goths love both. What fun! Continue reading...

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   moribund: 1 adj being on the point of death; breathing your last “a moribund patient” Synonyms: dying in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be adj not growing or changing; without force or vitality Synonyms: stagnant adynamic , undynamic characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness

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