be dead in the water
If something is dead in the water, it has failed and it seems impossible that it will be successful in the future:
So how does a government revive an economy that is dead in the water?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- barren
- botched
- counterproductive
- crowning
- flatline
- futile
- go/get/head nowhere idiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- no-win
- small-time
- stillborn
- struggling
- the doldrums
- unavailing
- unglued
- unpromising
- washed up
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