half-dead

British  

adjective

1. informal very tired

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Example Sentences

A cull of these half-dead businesses is freeing up capital and labor for more entrepreneurial, productive firms, while also allowing those healthier companies to improve their own profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal

And I have to explain to her about everything: finding my girl, feeding my girl, and then finding her again, sprawled on the ground, half-dead, and I start crying again.

From Literature

That night he disappears and Louisa is found half-dead in the surf; she has to shine a light onto her past in an effort to heal this loss.

From Los Angeles Times

They’re half-dead, their money lines less stable, their leadership gone.

From The Wall Street Journal

Choi has said of the story, and her restraint makes this book about 10-year-old Louisa, who is found half-dead on a beach, and her missing father.

From Los Angeles Times