dead-and-alive
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adjective
British (of a place, activity, or person) dull; uninteresting
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deactivate, dead, dead ahead, dead air, dead-air space, dead-and-alive, dead and buried, dead arm, dead as a doornail, dead-ball line, deadbeat
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