← Back to search

Meaning of dead on arrival | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

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

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

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