flatlinedadj.
/ˈflatlʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˈflætˌlaɪnd/ Originally and chiefly North American.
Of a person: registering a flatline on an electrocardiogram or electroencephalogram; suffering cardiac arrest or brain death, dead; (in extended use) failing, not viable. Also: static, flat.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [adjective] > relating to states or trends of the economy
anti-inflation1870
anti-inflationist1874
robust1886
static1890
recessionary1897
deflationary1920
inflationary1920
maximized1920
mature1928
recessional1929
anti-inflationary1932
reflationary1932
reflationist1932
Kondratieff1935
anti-cyclical1938
flatline1946
maximizing1949
stagnationist1951
countercyclical1952
recessed1956
recessive1971
stagflationary1971
flatlined1986
1986 M. H. Blitzer in R. DeBellis et al. Suffering 139 How can I be telling you that I'm flatlined if I am dead? I don't want the defibrillator paddles!
1990 Atlanta Business Chron. 17 Dec. 19 a As the economy remains flatlined, small business owners are becoming more concerned.
1994 Frank 17 Feb. 18/2 The flatlined weekly's recent ‘major reorganization’ fooled no one.
1997 Indianapolis Star (Nexis) 15 June co5 Electric shock only works when heart rhythm is chaotic. ‘If they are flat-lined (without a pulse), you can't fix that with electric shock.’
2001 San Antonio Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 Aug. Increasing medical expenses are far outpacing flat-lined revenues.
2004 M. St. Amant Committed (2005) ii. 14 Maybe LeBron and Carmelo can..rescue the league from its dull, flatlined abyss, but..the NBA..blows.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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