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Adjective: moribund  'mor-u-bund or 'mó-ru,búnd [N. Amer], 'mó-ri,búnd [Brit]
  1. Being on the point of death; breathing your last
    "a moribund patient"
     
  2. Not growing or changing; without force or vitality
    "The once-thriving industry had become moribund";
    - stagnant

See also: adynamic [archaic], dying, undynamic

Encyclopedia: Moribund