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dead in the wa·ter
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dead in the wateradjective
Doomed; unable to succeed.
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Dead in the Water
While going through the newspaper, Dean comes across a mysterious drowning victim. Upon further research they soon discover more people who have drowned in the same lake, but their bodies were never found. When the boys show up in town they befriend a boy whose father has drowned. The brothers come to believe the lake is haunted by a spirit.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of DEAD IN THE WATER in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of DEAD IN THE WATER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of DEAD IN THE WATER in a Sentence
You have no propulsion and you’re not going to have any bilge, you’re not going to have the pump inside the hull to pump water out of the boat, it’s a dead stick, dead in the water.
Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business.
I think the Power Five and NCAA proposals are dead in the water. They went to Congress and they lost, at this point, all they can do is play defense, which is what we were doing at first. Now we're playing offense.
But in some sense, Circuit Judge Edith Jones said what everyone is thinking : if Dobbs overrules Roe v. Wade, then the issue of SB8 is just dead in the water, at least in terms of the constitutional right to abortion.
They return home to lay on straw and die. We often slaughter them and we have to burn animals we find dead in the water .... We have lost a large number of our animals.
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