DOA
Never had chance
DOA stands for "dead on arrival," originally medical and police terminology for someone found already dead when help arrives.
The phrase extends to anything that fails before it starts: The bill was DOA in the Senate.
A DOA project or proposal has no chance of success from the outset.
Lifeless upon reaching destination
- pronouncedSpoken aloud formally
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- coronerPublic death investigator
- autopsyMedical examination after death
flatline · cardiac arrest · resuscitation · paramedics · ambulance · trauma · ER · triage
dead on arrival
Lifeless upon reaching destination
- pronouncedSpoken aloud formally
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- coronerPublic death investigator
autopsy · flatline · cardiac arrest · resuscitation · paramedics · ambulance · trauma · ER · triage · code blue
dead on arrival
Lifeless upon reaching destination
- doomedDestined for destruction
- stillbornDead at birth
- nonstarterDoomed proposal from outset
failed · scrapped · rejected · shelved · killed · vetoed · canceled · axed · torpedoed · tanked
lifeless
Devoid of animation
ominous · ghoulish · somber · eerie · chilling · gloomy · fatalistic · desolate · cold · stark
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- defective merchandiseproduct defects, hidden defects, malfunctions, dead on arrival, lemons
- Medical AbbreviationsBP, CBC, CPR, CT, DNA
- foo fighters songsEverlong, The Pretender, Congregation, Aurora
- police slangperp, collar, bust, APB, BOLO
DOAalive
Having current existence
living · viable · breathing · conscious · responsive
DOAviable
Capable of succeeding
promising · alive and well · going strong · thriving · successful
DOArevivable
Able to be restored
salvageable · savable · recoverable · treatable · rescuable