Summary
It started with doctors describing patients who had no chance to live when they reached the hospital.
Today we use it for gadgets, plans, or anything that fails right away.
Key Points
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Originated in medical language about patients who were already deceased upon reaching medical care.
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Now used in everyday talk for broken items or failed ideas.
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It’s a quick way to say something is useless from the start.
New Words to Learn
4 wordsexpression
a group of words that have a special meaning
deceased
no longer alive
medical
related to doctors and hospitals
failed
did not work or succeed
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