how to pronounce moribund

/ˈmɒɹ.ɪ.bʌnd/

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moribund is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of moribund in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… should be moribund for the extent of the …”

meanings of moribund

adjective:

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
Almost obsolete, nearing an end.

noun:

A person who is near to dying.

moribund frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word moribund occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics moribund can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that moribund can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;