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Meaning of undead | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized
ʌnˈdɛd

Definitions

  1. Not dead; alive.
    not-comparable, obsolete
  2. Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
    not-comparable
  3. Being animate, though non-living.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Español zombi
Suomi epäkuollut
Français mort-vivant
Nederlands ondode
Polski nieumarły
Português morto-vivo
Svenska odöd vandöd
Türkçe hortlak

Examples

“When Anna and John finally break out of their self-centered bubbles to the shock that they must battle to the death an undead neighbor in a giant snowman costume, it plays like a poignant comment on movie teenagers' tendency to indulge their inner lives, ignorant of the world around them.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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