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dead-alive

dead-alive adjective: dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality.

Adjective

dead-alive (comparative more dead-alive, superlative most dead-alive)

  1. Dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality.
    • 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.1906, Hilaire Belloc, , introduction to Essays in Literature and History by James Anthony Froude

dead-alive meaning in Tamil

dead-alive in Tamil

எச்சியற்ற, சோம்பியிருக்கிற, செயலற்ற

Forms of dead-alive

comparativemore dead-alive
superlativemost dead-alive

Questions about dead-alive

What does dead-alive mean?
Dead-alive means dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality.
What is dead-alive in Tamil?
Dead-alive in Tamil is எச்சியற்ற, சோம்பியிருக்கிற, செயலற்ற. See Dead-alive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dead-alive?
Dead-alive is an adjective.

Words near dead-alive in the dictionary

  1. dead zone
  2. dead zones
  3. dead's part
  4. dead-air space
  5. dead-air spaces
  6. dead-alive
  7. dead-and-alive
  8. dead-ball era
  9. dead-beat
  10. dead-beats
  11. dead-blow

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