British Dictionary definitions for dead-and-alive

dead-and-alive

adjective

British (of a place, activity, or person) dull; uninteresting

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But there were never any balls or parties in this dead-and-alive township!
Elder Conklin
Frank Harris
All these effects are nowhere in a dead-and-alive dictation.
Loyola and the Educational System of the Jesuits
Thomas Hughes
Denny interrupted over his shoulder in his dead-and-alive voice.
"Persons Unknown"
Virginia Tracy
Who do you suppose will care to come to a dead-and-alive hole like this?
Banked Fires
E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
All these dead-and-alive faces have an irresistible ascendency over me, and I myself become also as one dead.
A Russian Proprietor
Lyof N. Tolstoi

dead-and-alive

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Historical Examples

But there were never any balls or parties in this dead-and-alive township!

All these effects are nowhere in a dead-and-alive dictation.

Denny interrupted over his shoulder in his dead-and-alive voice.

Who do you suppose will care to come to a dead-and-alive hole like this?

All these dead-and-alive faces have an irresistible ascendency over me, and I myself become also as one dead.