flatliners
/ˈflætlaɪnərz/
noun
- Plural of flatliner; multiple people who have died or whose hearts have stopped beating, especially those later revived.
- The emergency room sees a few flatliners every month, but most are successfully revived.
- The documentary interviewed several flatliners who described similar near-death experiences.
- The support group was for flatliners and their families.
- Things or people that show no growth, activity, or change.
- The list of flatliners included several old companies that hadn't innovated in decades.
- The market report identified several flatliners among the tech stocks.
- In the race, the flatliners were the runners who stayed at the back the whole time.