Moribund
adjective
Something that is dying or near the end.
His new art piece was a symbol of a moribund culture.
Often appears as...
- moribund economy
- moribund industry
adjective
Someone who is extremely ill and likely to die soon.
The patient was moribund by the time the ambulance arrived.
Often appears as...
- moribund patient
- moribund condition
adjective
Something that is dying or near the end.
His new art piece was a symbol of a moribund culture.
Often appears as...
- moribund economy
- moribund industry
adjective
Someone who is extremely ill and likely to die soon.
The patient was moribund by the time the ambulance arrived.
Often appears as...
- moribund patient
- moribund condition
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Near Collapse
Use 'moribund' to describe something about to fail completely, often used for businesses or economies.
The town's moribund steel industry has led to high unemployment.
Pro Tip 2/3Lacking Vitality
'Moribund' implies a lack of activity or vigor, especially in cultural or artistic contexts.
The once-thriving theater scene is now moribund.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Dying
Use 'moribund' metaphorically to describe concepts or things that are outdated or obsolete.
Cassette tapes are a moribund technology.
Pro Tip 1/3Near Collapse
Use 'moribund' to describe something about to fail completely, often used for businesses or economies.
The town's moribund steel industry has led to high unemployment.
Pro Tip 2/3Lacking Vitality
'Moribund' implies a lack of activity or vigor, especially in cultural or artistic contexts.
The once-thriving theater scene is now moribund.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Dying
Use 'moribund' metaphorically to describe concepts or things that are outdated or obsolete.
Cassette tapes are a moribund technology.
Pro Tip 1/3Near Collapse
Use 'moribund' to describe something about to fail completely, often used for businesses or economies.
The town's moribund steel industry has led to high unemployment.
Pro Tip 2/3Lacking Vitality
'Moribund' implies a lack of activity or vigor, especially in cultural or artistic contexts.
The once-thriving theater scene is now moribund.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Dying
Use 'moribund' metaphorically to describe concepts or things that are outdated or obsolete.
Cassette tapes are a moribund technology.
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
what you call a fire climax biome and what that means there's a lot of species particularly the grass needs the fire and to climax and that means it will destroy and burn all the moribund dead grasses dead seeds and it helps enrich
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
what you call a fire climax biome and what that means there's a lot of species particularly the grass needs the fire and to climax and that means it will destroy and burn all the moribund dead grasses dead seeds and it helps enrich
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Quote examples
Peter Coyote
American Actor
When I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State after Grinnell, I joined the moribund remnants of the Actor's Workshop, until I saw Kay Hayward and Sandy Archer in the San Francisco Mime Troupe and drove down that day to audition. The rest is history.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.
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Rumaan Alam
American Author
Before the arrival of my first son, I gave up on the moribund business of magazine publishing, where I had long dreamed of a career, and went to work in advertising. That I could be paid great money to write was incredibly hard to believe.
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Ben Shapiro
American Author
When Limbaugh entered the world of talk radio, the AM dial was essentially moribund. He turned it into a weapon for conservatism, and in the process, led the revolution that has ended in the disintegration of the old media monopoly.
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Lee Hyeon-seo
South Korean Writer
North Koreans are forced to work at state jobs in a moribund economy. Countless parents watch their children go to bed hungry. Many North Korean families feel they have no option but to try to escape.
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Katie Hafner
American Journalist
Blue Valentine,' Derek Cianfrance's emotional gunslinger of a film, tears into the topic of moribund marriages with an honesty that's hard to come by in Hollywood these days.
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Ellsworth Kelly
American Artist
Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.
Quote examples
Peter Coyote
American Actor
When I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State after Grinnell, I joined the moribund remnants of the Actor's Workshop, until I saw Kay Hayward and Sandy Archer in the San Francisco Mime Troupe and drove down that day to audition. The rest is history.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.
Quote examples
Rumaan Alam
American Author
Before the arrival of my first son, I gave up on the moribund business of magazine publishing, where I had long dreamed of a career, and went to work in advertising. That I could be paid great money to write was incredibly hard to believe.
Quote examples
Ben Shapiro
American Author
When Limbaugh entered the world of talk radio, the AM dial was essentially moribund. He turned it into a weapon for conservatism, and in the process, led the revolution that has ended in the disintegration of the old media monopoly.
Quote examples
Lee Hyeon-seo
South Korean Writer
North Koreans are forced to work at state jobs in a moribund economy. Countless parents watch their children go to bed hungry. Many North Korean families feel they have no option but to try to escape.
Quote examples
Katie Hafner
American Journalist
Blue Valentine,' Derek Cianfrance's emotional gunslinger of a film, tears into the topic of moribund marriages with an honesty that's hard to come by in Hollywood these days.
Quote examples
Ellsworth Kelly
American Artist
Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.
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