Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dead on arrival

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: dead- on ar-rival
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.

adj

Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police.

adj

Of a new item: received broken.

Slang

adj

Being a failure from the start, a nonstarter.

Slang

Usage

Slang

Synonyms

DOA

Questions

What does dead on arrival mean?: Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.

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