The word of the day is moribund:
1. in a dying state; near death.
2. on the verge of extinction or termination.
3. not progressing or advancing; stagnant:
a moribund political party.
Latin moribundus dying, equivalent to mori- (stem of morī to die) + -bundus adj. suffix (dictionary.com)
"I'm taking a carefree tutorial in thermodynamics and an intensive seminar in Samotrian, a moribund but influential language."
- Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness: A Dictionarrative
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