dead on arrival

adj

Definitions

  1. Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.

  2. Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the…

    Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police.

  3. Of a new item

    Of a new item: received broken.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Being a failure from the start, a nonstarter.

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