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moribund
This term carries a heavy, somber tone, evoking a sense of inevitable ending. In a medical context, it describes the immediate physiological state of dying, where recovery is no longer possible. It is a clinical and formal descriptor that avoids the emotional softness of words like dying or passing.
When applied to systems, industries, or ideas, it suggests a state of stagnation so severe that the entity is effectively dead even if it still technically exists. It differs from stagnant or declining by implying that the decay is terminal and irreversible, often used in academic or socioeconomic critiques to describe obsolete institutions.
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The patient remained in a moribund state for several hours before passing away.
This industry is moribund and cannot survive without massive government subsidies.
The empire had become moribund long before the final invasion occurred.
Is this political party truly moribund or just waiting for a new leader?
He looked at the moribund plant and realized he had forgotten to water it for a month.
The once great city now feels like a moribund shell of its former self.
I cannot believe we are still using this moribund software in a modern office.
The doctor whispered that the animal was moribund and there was little left to do.
A moribund economy rarely attracts foreign investment.
A moribund economy rarely attracts foreign investment.