Usually means: Barely surviving, extremely poor health.
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  1. more dead than alive: Merriam-Webster
  2. More Dead Than Alive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. more dead than alive: Wiktionary

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  1. more dead than alive: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (more dead than alive)

adjective:  Very close to death; in extremely bad condition.


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