dead in the water

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1. dead in the water - Adjective

2. dead in the water - Phrase

(nautical) Stationary with respect to the current, having no means of propulsion.

(figuratively) Doomed; unable to succeed.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

has-been spellbound impossible immobile quiescent becalmed transfixed apoplectic unmoving palsied stagnant unmovable anchored nailed immotile

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operating moving dynamic proceeding triumphant palmy

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dead in the water

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