Moribund

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  • adjective. Approaching death; about to die.
  • adjective. On the verge of becoming obsolete.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a dying state.
  • noun. A dying person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.
  • noun. A dying person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
  • adjective. Almost obsolete, nearing an end.
  • noun. A person who is near to dying.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. being on the point of death; breathing your last
  • adjective. not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  • Word Usage
    "The reviewers 'criticism says a lot about the failure of our cultural establishment to acknowledge any interesting creative departure in what they are insistent on calling the moribund form of the novel -- despite all evidence to the contrary."
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    apathetic  bad  benumbed  blase  bored