living deathnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌlɪv.ɪŋ ˈdeθ/us/ˌlɪv.ɪŋ ˈdeθ/a life that is so full of suffering that it would be better to be dead:
She can't walk or feed herself and she can barely speak - it's a living death.
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