moribund
adjective
Norman CameronD. S. Janal
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Moribund Gets Less Literal
Moribund is still sometimes used in its original literal sense of "approaching death", but it's much more often used to describe things. When the economy goes bad, we hear about moribund mills and factories and towns; the economy itself may even be called moribund. Critics may speak of the moribund state of poetry, or lament the moribund record or newspaper industry.
Examples of moribund in a Sentence
Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
Replacing the moribund Biden campaign with Kamala Harris—even if Harris might not have been Pelosi’s first choice—could end up saving the 2024 Presidential election for the Democrats, and keeping Trump, a man whom Pelosi clearly despises, out of the White House.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
That warm-up, however, was not enough to spur the Sparks to victory, as the moribund 6-19 franchise suffered their most one-sided loss of the season during the not-ever-close 103-68 blowout loss to the league-leading New York Liberty.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2024
Iran’s deeply unpopular clerical regime presides over a moribund economy and environmental catastrophes.
—Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
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“Moribund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moribund. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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