living dead

English

Noun

1. The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.

Translations

undead

• Dutch: ondode m, levende dode m, zombie (nl) m
• French: morts-vivants (fr) m pl, zombis (fr) m pl
• Polish: żywe trupy m pl
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• Portuguese: morto-vivo m
• Spanish: muertos vivientes m pl, zombis m pl

Adjective

living dead (not comparable)

1. Existing in stasis, without meaningful activity or development.
   • 2012, Gar Smith, Nuclear Roulette

     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.

   • 2014, J. Chris Leach, ‎Ronald W. Melicher, Entrepreneurial Finance (page 423)

     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).