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dead
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1.dead - Non-functional; down; crashed. Especially used of hardware.
2.dead - At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support.


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Henderson Presents'' is a show-must-go-on period piece that will appeal mainly to theater lovers, people who like to watch Judi Dench chew scenery and men who ordinarily wouldn't be caught dead at this sort of thing but will go - without protest - out of a sense of duty to significant others and to secretly satisfy their own cleavage curiosity.
Those kinds of restaurants wouldn't be caught dead in one of Orange County's mails, because "it would almost take away from their brand," he said.
Teachers facing middle-school boys who wouldn't be caught dead reading poetry might find Koertge a life-saving ally in convincing boys that poetry can be full of life (lives like theirs) and accessible.
 
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