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English
Adjective
terminally ill (not comparable)
- Having an incurable condition that will lead to death.
1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 169, photo caption:In January snows, No. 349 rolls the 'Patriot' through Groton, Connecticut, with quite a lengthy consist - showing at least some signs of increased patronage for the, once almost terminally ill, passenger train.
Translations
having an incurable condition that will lead to death