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
Who wouldn't want to move there from grimy old Shepherd's Bush, especially now the Economist Intelligence Unit rates Manchester and London dead level for liveability?
From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 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
If what you want is a dead level of mediocrity, if what you would like is a nation of identical twins, without initiative, intelligence or ideas, you should fear the universities.
From Time Magazine Archive
But their dead level, the level on which I saw them every day, lies high enough for me.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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