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chrisseaton on Dec 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: C++ in the Linux Kernel

'Quite dead' for example means completely dead.

Dylan16807 on Dec 13, 2021 [–]

Only because dead is so binary. Any moderately intense modifier on "dead" signifies complete death, even though it won't mean 'completely' with most terms.

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