mor ‧ i ‧ bund /ˈmɒrəbʌnd, ˈmɒrɪbʌnd $ ˈmɔː-, ˈmɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: moribundus , from mori 'to die' ]
1 . a moribund organization, industry etc is no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end:
The region’s heavy industry is still inefficient and moribund.
A cut in interest rates will help the country’s moribund housing market.
2 . literary slowly dying:
The patient was moribund by the time the doctor arrived.