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more dead than alive

more dead than alive adjective: very close to death; in extremely bad condition.

Adjective

more dead than alive (comparative form only)

  1. (comparative-only) Very close to death; in extremely bad condition.

Questions about more dead than alive

What does more dead than alive mean?
More dead than alive means very close to death; in extremely bad condition.
What part of speech is more dead than alive?
More dead than alive is an adjective.

Words near more dead than alive in the dictionary

  1. more Catholic than the Pope
  2. more comfortable than an old shoe
  3. more confusing than a Rubik's Cube
  4. more cry than wool
  5. more cushion for the pushin'
  6. more dead than alive
  7. more dollars than sense
  8. more equal
  9. more grease to your elbow
  10. more haste, less speed
  11. more heat than light

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