moribund
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Outside advanced manufacturing, the economy is moribund, weighed down by debt, deflation and aging demographics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
That helped grow sales 5% in 2025, despite a moribund housing market.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
The state government, desperate to stimulate the economy and its moribund real-estate sector, began eroding the growth management plan that had restrained development.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
For an industry that’s always in flux, the revival of the melodrama might just be the savior that the once moribund mid-budget film has been seeking.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
The room was indeed tomblike: a quality stale and static and moribund beyond any mere vivid and living cold.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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