dead letter
dead letter - English
Noun
dead letter (plural dead letters)
- An item of mail that cannot be delivered to its intended recipient; after some time it is returned to the sender, or destroyed.
- A law or other measure that is no longer enforced.
- (by extension) Anything that has lost its authority or influence despite still being in existence or formally in force.
Translations
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瞎信 (xiāxìn), 盲信 (zh) (mángxìn), 死信 (zh) (sǐxìn)
- Finnish: perille toimittamaton kirje
- French: n'habite pas à l'adresse indiquée
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- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: dode letter (nl)
- Finnish: kuollut kirjain (fi)
- Portuguese: letra morta
- Spanish: letra muerta f, papel mojado
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