dead on arrival
English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
dead on arrival (not comparable)
- (of a patient) Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.
- Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police.
- (slang) a new item received broken
- (slang) a failure from the start, a nonstarter
Synonyms
- DOA
See also
- broken by design