dead level
Americanadjective
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completely flat or straight.
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characterized by monotonous, tiring sameness.
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completely equal or even.
noun
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a completely flat surface or piece of land.
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a state of monotonous, tiring sameness.
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a state of equality or evenness, as in a vote.
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Civil Engineering. the minimum water level in a reservoir below which water can no longer be drained by gravity.
Example Sentences
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Verily he speaks the truth, with the scores dead level on 8½ apiece.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2015
Meanwhile Narnia flick Voyage of the Dawn Treader is cruising along steadily with takings up by 30% on the Christmas weekend and dead level with grosses from the 17-19 December weekend.
From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2011
The market overall was dead level with the previous weekend but an alarming 38% down on the equivalent frame from 2009, when Pixar's Up topped the chart with a hefty £6.41m.
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2010
Swarthmore,* which last week began celebrating its centennial year, was founded by the liberal Hicksite Quakers to combat "a dead level of mediocrity in the education of our children."
From Time Magazine Archive
With certain exceptions, few in number, the tracts of country over which these lines are carried, is nearly a dead level.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
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