dead-and-alive

adjective

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

Nearby words

dead water, dead weight, dead white european male, dead zone, dead-air space, dead-and-alive, dead-ball line, dead-cat bounce, dead-end, dead-end host, dead-man's fingers

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Examples from the Web for dead-and-alive

Even this dead-and-alive hole might be made entertaining if we put our shoulders to the wheel.
Banked Fires|E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
This dead-and-alive, body-and-soul mixture which passes for a well-disciplined human being is loathsome to me.
Robert Orange|John Oliver Hobbes
It is the only thing that moves us out of our cowardly lethargy of dead-and-alive egotism.
The Brimming Cup|Dorothy Canfield Fisher
And here was this dead-and-alive Percy Lunt, saying she never thought!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866|Various

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