moribund
at the point of death or in terminal decline
Word origin: From Latin mori, to die.
Moribund in a sentence
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Critics declared the once-dominant industry moribund and beyond saving.
Once a thriving port, the town's moribund economy now depended on a single failing cannery.
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Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “moribund” well
Moribund means at the point of death or in terminal decline, applied to people, institutions, or industries. The figurative sense, describing something stagnant and dying out, is common in academic prose.
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