more dead than alive in English

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      },
      "expansion": "more dead than alive (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Very close to death; in extremely bad condition."
      ],
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "dead or alive"
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        {
          "word": "in articulo mortis"
        },
        {
          "word": "on death's doorstep"
        }
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "meer dood dan levend"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "puolikuollut"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "henkihieverissä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "plus mort que vif"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "wpółżywy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "blisko śmierci"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "more dead than alive"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "more dead than alive (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dead or alive"
    },
    {
      "word": "in articulo mortis"
    },
    {
      "word": "on death's doorstep"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "Very close to death; in extremely bad condition."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "meer dood dan levend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "puolikuollut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "henkihieverissä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "plus mort que vif"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "wpółżywy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "blisko śmierci"
    }
  ],
  "word": "more dead than alive"
}

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"more dead than alive" meaning in English

Adjective