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dead let·ter

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  1. dead letter, non-issuenoun

    the state of something that has outlived its relevance

    Synonyms:
    non-issue, dead mail

  2. dead letter, dead mailnoun

    mail that can neither be delivered nor returned

    Synonyms:
    non-issue, dead mail

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  1. Charles Lamb:

    The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

  2. Wheaton College professor Larry Eskridge:

    Christmas music was pretty much a dead letter on the airwaves until maybe Christmas Eve.

  3. Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist 22:

    Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.


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