moribund

Modifies a noun

• ceo: Actions against larger bond you'll have moribund companynew ceo.
• economy: The key issue facing Koizumi is Japan's moribund economy.
• fish: Daily removal of dead and moribund fish should occur except when this might involve danger to personnel who work on sea cages.
• state: A farmer found a frigate bird in a moribund state in Shropshire, England on 7th November.
• market: The problems in London have also coincided with a moribund deal market in Birmingham.
• system: What we need is surely something to shake the moribund political system and put some meaning back into democracy by offering people a choice.

Modifying Another Word

• virtually: On the ground, Labor is virtually moribund in many parts of the country.
• almost: Two White Storks, almost moribund were on the roadside.
• now: She remarked that she had been heavily involved with the now moribund River Derwent Trust.
• rather: On the estuary side from the rather moribund Weston Point Docks was the now derelict Weston Mersey side lock down to the Mersey.
• largely: Not just under threat, it is largely moribund.
• increasingly: Under Ottoman rule, Egypt became a somewhat neglected corner of a large and increasingly moribund empire.

Used with adjective complement

• become: The Monmouth Rowing Club also became moribund about that time.
• find: One, Portland, Dorset, found moribund 10 February 2002 ( photographed ).
• remain: As the abolitionist agenda advances, an NWC is becoming ever more conceivable - unlike GCD, which has remained moribund since 1964.
• look: The affordable hot hatch market was, for a short period, looking rather moribund.