living dead

living dead pl (plural only)

1. (fiction, usually with the) The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.

living dead (not comparable)

1. Existing in stasis, without meaningful activity or development.
   • 2012, Gar Smith, Nuclear Roulette:

     This “living dead” industry has been written off time and time again, yet it continues to clamber back to its feet and lumber blindly onward.

   • 2014, J. Chris Leach, Ronald W. Melicher, Entrepreneurial Finance, page 423:

     Venture's investment in Black Hawk could turn out to be a complete failure (black hole), barely surviving (living dead), or wildly successful (venture utopia).