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Meanings of moribund in English

To be in the proccess of dying, to face the foreseeable and inevitable end ones life usually due to sickness.

Not growing or changing; without force or vitality.

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Examples for "stagnant"
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Even the most insignificant problem would be welcome in these stagnant days.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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Exceptional people continue to rise, but overall mobility is stagnant at best.
The Guardian
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Residents have taken to drinking stagnant water, increasing the risk of Cholera.
The South African
4
More than a year into Mayer's tenure, Yahoo's core business remains stagnant.
Reuters
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Toys R Us sales have been stagnant for a number of years.
Reuters

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Usage of moribund in English
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Yet a moribund real estate market means the company's outlook remains uncertain.
Reuters
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Block deals may help league table credit, especially when business is moribund.
Reuters
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Given the need to rejuvenate a moribund, oil-dependent economy, that's not ideal.
Reuters
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Control the moribund local machinery, it seems, and power will be yours.
The Guardian
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Stockholm's move reflects growing international exasperation over the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
The Irish Times
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Those sticking it out have witnessed moribund football leading to moderate results.
The Guardian
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VZW has light debts, no moribund landline businesses, and enjoys high margins.
Reuters
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From Sunderland, whose survival hopes are moribund, this would have been expected.
The Guardian
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In the early 1980s, the Mouse Factory was a pretty moribund operation.
Reuters
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For many adults all over the world, it has rekindled moribund relationships.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
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Imagine the transformative mayhem that would wreak on the moribund status quo!
Wired
12
Lerondeau is still at death's door, but though moribund, he can eat.
The New Book of Martyrs
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European powers worry unilateral Israeli territorial moves could kill off long-moribund peacemaking.
Reuters
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Still, a moribund US housing market and persistently high unemployment threaten the recovery.
The Irish Times
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One factor driving speculators into the property market is moribund stocks.
Reuters
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The Soviet Constitution is not so much moribund as in abeyance.
The Crisis in Russia
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