デッド
also: デット
Meanings
1
Used in business and finance for money, stock, or assets that are not generating returns or are tied up unproductively.
That investment is dead money.
We dispose of dead stock.
2
dead; out of play
Sports term for a ball that is no longer in play, e.g., in tennis, soccer, or baseball.
The referee called a dead ball.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉がデッドになるfor stock/assets to become idle or unproductive
The large batch of stock we bought ended up becoming dead inventory.
- ボールがデッドになるfor the ball to go out of play
The ball went out of play because it crossed the line.
- 〈場所〉の音響がデッドだfor a place's acoustics to be dry, with little reverberation
This hall's acoustics are said to be quite dead.
- デッドな〈物〉used attributively to describe something dry or lacking resonance
Some sound engineers actually prefer a dead, dry sound.