dead



dead

1. mod. quiet and uneventful; boring. The day was totally dead.
2. mod. very tired. I went home from the office, dead as usual.
3. mod. dull; lifeless; flat. This meal is sort of dead because I am out of onions.
4. mod. no longer effective; no longer of any consequence. That guy is dead—out of power.
5. mod. [of an issue] no longer germane; no longer of any importance. Forget it! It’s a dead issue.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Calypsokə-LIP-so (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Melanija-Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, Latvian, Lithuanian
EuniceYOO-nis (English)Biblical, English, Biblical Latin
Andro-Croatian, Georgian
CesÁRio-Portuguese
MelodyMEL-ə-deeEnglish