dead on arrival

/D EH1 D AA0 N ER0 AY0 V AH0 L/
adjective
  1. 1

    (of a patient) Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.

  2. 2

    Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police.

  3. 3

    Of a new item: received broken.

  4. 4

    Being a failure from the start, a nonstarter.

Synonyms

DOA

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