"DOA" meaning in English

See DOA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} DOA (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of dead on arrival. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: dead on arrival
    Sense id: en-DOA-en-adj-6YSenFFH
  2. Initialism of defective on arrival. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: defective on arrival
    Sense id: en-DOA-en-adj-a1GZVr44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0
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          "ref": "1997, “Mo Money Mo Problems”, in Life After Death, performed by The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Ma$e and Diddy:",
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