living dead

noun

Definitions

  1. The undead

    The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.

  2. Existing in stasis, without meaningful activity or development.

    • This “living dead” industry has been written off time and time again, yet it continues to clamber back to its feet and lumber blindly onward.
    • Venture's investment in Black Hawk could turn out to be a complete failure (black hole), barely surviving (living dead), or wildly successful (venture utopia).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for living dead. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA