dead on arrival

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Adjective

dead on arrival (not comparable)

1. (of a patient) Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.
2. Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police.
3. (slang) Of a new item: received broken.
4. (slang) Being a failure from the start, a nonstarter.

Synonyms

• DOA

Translations

dead when arriving at hospital

• Italian: giunto cadavere
• Japanese: 到着時死亡 (tōchaku-ji shibō)
• Malay: mati ketika tiba
• Tagalog: patay sa pagdating