Usually means: Inactive, stalled, making no progress.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. dead in the water: Merriam-Webster
  2. dead in the water: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dead in the water: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dead in the water: Wiktionary
  5. dead in the water: Dictionary.com
  6. Dead in the Water (Midsomer Murders), Dead in the Water (film), Dead in the Water (video game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. dead in the water: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dead in the water: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. dead in the water: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dead In The Water: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (dead in the water)

adjective:  (nautical) Stationary with respect to the current, having no means of propulsion.
adjective:  (figurative) Doomed; unable to succeed.

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