half-dead
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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 ● Jan. 22, 2026
January, 1742: A company of starving, half-dead men on a ramshackle raft washed up on the Brazilian shore with an extraordinary tale.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
"I was taken from there half-dead when our forces liberated this place."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2022
“It’s half-dead, so I’m giving all these half-dead plants a month before I decide whether to replace them.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
I could be half-dead in an intensive care unit and that would be the first question Lou Ann asked.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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