The organization was once quite active, but now it's effectively moribund.
Source: tatoeba (9948755)
Moribund
//ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd//
Synonyms for "moribund" (102 found)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 30 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- умиращ adj (approaching death)
Catalan
1 entries- moribund adj (approaching death)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 垂死 adj (approaching death)
- 瀕死 /濒死 adj (approaching death)
- 腐朽 adj (approaching death)
Czech
1 entries- moribundní adj (approaching death)
Danish
2 entries- døende adj (approaching death)
- uddøende adj (almost obsolete)
Finnish
4 entries- katoava adj (almost obsolete)
- kuoleva adj (approaching death)
- loppuva adj (almost obsolete)
- poistuva adj (almost obsolete)
French
2 entries- moribond adj (approaching death)
- mourant adj (approaching death)
Galician
1 entries- moribundo adj (approaching death)
German
2 entries- moribund adj (approaching death)
- todgeweiht adj (approaching death)
Greek
1 entries- ετοιμοθάνατος adj (approaching death)
Hungarian
4 entries- haldokló adj (approaching death)
- halódó adj (approaching death)
- kihalóban lévő adj (almost obsolete)
- kihalófélben lévő adj (almost obsolete)
Icelandic
3 entries- (to be moribund) liggja fyrir dauðanum adj (approaching death)
- að dauða kominn adj (approaching death)
- dauðvona adj (approaching death)
Indonesian
3 entries- hampir mati adj (almost obsolete)
- nazak adj (approaching death)
- sekarat adj (approaching death)
Irish
1 entries- díbheo adj (approaching death)
Italian
2 entries- morente adj (approaching death)
- moribondo adj (approaching death)
Japanese
2 entries- 死にかけている adj (approaching death)
- 瀕死の adj (approaching death)
Latin
1 entries- moribundus adj (approaching death)
Malay
1 entries- nazak adj (approaching death)
Manx
4 entries- gyn leihill adj (approaching death)
- lhiastagh adj (approaching death)
- lieh-vio adj (approaching death)
- neuvioal adj (approaching death)
Norwegian
1 entries- døende adj (approaching death)
Polish
2 entries- konający adj (approaching death)
- umierający adj (approaching death)
Portuguese
3 entries- moribundo adj (approaching death)
- morrediço adj (approaching death)
- morrente adj (approaching death)
Russian
4 entries- агони́рующий adj (approaching death)
- выходя́щий из употребле́ния adj (almost obsolete)
- загнива́ющий adj (approaching death)
- умира́ющий adj (approaching death)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मारुक adj (approaching death)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- agonalni adj (approaching death)
- moribundan adj (approaching death)
- samrtnički adj (approaching death)
- umirući adj (approaching death)
Spanish
2 entries- moribundo adj (approaching death)
- mortecino adj (approaching death)
Swedish
2 entries- döende adj (approaching death)
- utdöende adj (almost obsolete)
Thai
1 entries- ร่อแร่ adj (approaching death)
Turkish
1 entries- can çekişen adj (approaching death)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вмираючий adj (approaching death)
- відсталий adj (almost obsolete)
- той, що виходить з вжитку adj (almost obsolete)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Their project hopes to revitalize a moribund language.
Source: tatoeba (9950430)
According to the United Nations, Zimbabwe is probably facing its worst humanitarian crisis with more than 5.5 million in need of food aid because of recurring droughts and the moribund economy.
Source: tatoeba (9950475)
When the President took office in 2017, he signed deals promising billions of dollars in foreign investment to help revive the moribund economy but the funds never materialized.
Source: tatoeba (12028884)
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