dead on arrival

Adjective

Meaning

(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) Of a new item: received broken.

(slang) Being a failure from the start, a nonstarter.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

doa

Examples

If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival. Randy Weber

Close letter words and terms

dead of winter dead oil dead on dead on one's feet dead on target dead on the vine