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living dead

living dead noun: the undead; zombies, vampires, etc.

Noun

living dead pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, usually) The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.

Adjective

living dead (not comparable)

  1. Existing in stasis, without meaningful activity or development.
    • This “living dead” industry has been written off time and time again, yet it continues to clamber back to its feet and lumber blindly onward.2012, Gar Smith, Nuclear Roulette
    • Venture's investment in Black Hawk could turn out to be a complete failure (black hole), barely surviving (living dead), or wildly successful (venture utopia).2014, J. Chris Leach, Ronald W. Melicher, Entrepreneurial Finance, page 423

Questions about living dead

What does living dead mean?
Living dead means the undead; zombies, vampires, etc.
What part of speech is living dead?
Living dead can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near living dead in the dictionary

  1. living chambers
  2. living conditions
  3. living constitution
  4. living constitutions
  5. living dangerously
  6. living dead
  7. living death
  8. living deaths
  9. living diaper
  10. living diapers
  11. living donation

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