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Meaning of dead on arrival | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.
    not-comparable
  2. Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police.
    not-comparable
  3. Of a new item: received broken.
    not-comparable, slang
  4. Being a failure from the start, a nonstarter.
    not-comparable, slang

Equivalents

Italiano giunto cadavere
日本語 到着時死亡

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

dead on one's feet dead on the vine dead or alive dead pan dead set dead tired

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