# moribund

Pronunciation: say "MOR-i-bund" /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/

## Adjective

1. In terminal decline; lacking vitality or progress and nearing its end.
   - Simple: Losing its strength, with little life or activity left, and likely to end soon.
   - _Investors are wary of pouring money into a moribund coal industry._
   - _The once-lively debating society was moribund, with only three members left._
2. Close to death and about to die.
   - Simple: Dying, or very close to death.
   - _Several moribund fish floated near the surface of the polluted pond._
   - _Doctors judged the soldier moribund and turned to those who could still be saved._

## Noun

3. A person who is close to death.
   - Simple: A person who is about to die.
   - _The field hospital set aside a separate tent for the moribund._
   - _The old hospice took in the moribund whom no other hospital would admit._

## Origin

From Latin moribundus, meaning “dying.”

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/moribund (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).