moribund
adjective/ˈmɒrɪbʌnd/
/ˈmɔːrɪbʌnd/
(formal)- (of an industry, an institution, a custom, etc.) no longer effective and about to come to an end completely
- a moribund company/economy
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- in a very bad condition; dying
- a moribund patient/tree
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin moribundus, from mori ‘to die’.
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