flatliner
/ˈflætlaɪnər/
noun
- A person who has died or whose heart has stopped beating, especially one who is later revived.
- In the story, the flatliner described a bright light during his near-death experience.
- The hospital has a special unit for flatliners who are brought back to life.
- The paramedics worked on the flatliner for ten minutes before his pulse returned.
- A person or thing that shows no growth, activity, or change.
- He was a flatliner in his job, doing the same tasks every day without ambition.
- The company was a flatliner, with no new products or ideas for years.
- The stock was a flatliner, barely moving up or down all month.