more dead than alive

English

Adjective

more dead than alive (not comparable)

1. Very close to death; in extremely bad condition.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: meer dood dan levend
• Finnish: puolikuollut (fi), henkihieverissä (fi)
• French: plus mort que vif (fr)
• Polish: wpółżywy (pl), blisko śmierci

See also

• dead or alive
• in articulo mortis
• on death's doorstep

Further reading

• “more dead than alive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “more dead than alive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.