Personally, I don't think the definition is wrong, or even misleading. "Living" doesn't always literally mean "to be alive". For example, the idiom "make a liv

Personally, I don't think the definition is wrong, or even misleading. "Living" doesn't always literally mean "to be alive". For example, the idiom "make a living" refers to making enough to keep a decent lifestyle (pay for food, rent, clothing, etc)[1]. I think most people would agree that if you have no income and you live on the street, then you are not making a living, yet you are still living. Similarly, "living" in "living wage" refers to a standard of living that is deemed decent or acceptable by some measure -- of course this will depend on some subjective determination and that can be debated. But it does not mean literally to be alive (otherwise, the living wage would obviously be $0). [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20a%20living https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20a%20living