more dead than alive

more dead than alive (not comparable)

1. Very close to death; in extremely bad condition.

• dead or alive
• in articulo mortis
• on death's doorstep

• “more dead than alive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “more dead than alive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.