Lifeless

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  • adjective. Having no life; inanimate.
  • adjective. Having lost life; dead. synonym: dead.
  • adjective. Not inhabited by living beings or capable of sustaining life.
  • adjective. Lacking vitality or animation; dull.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Deprived of life; dead; also, in a state of suspended animation.
  • Not possessing life; inanimate; inorganic: as, lifeless matter.
  • Destitute of power, force, vigor, or spirit; wanting animation or vital energy; dull; heavy; inactive; vapid; insipid: as, a lifeless style of oratory; lifeless movements.
  • Destitute of living beings.
  • Synonyms Defunct.
  • Inert, torpid, sluggish, spiritless, passive; flat, frigid, pointless.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. inanimate; having no life
  • adjective. dead; having lost life
  • adjective. uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
  • adjective. dull or lacking vitality
  • adjective. departed
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. deprived of life; no longer living
  • adjective. lacking animation or excitement or activity
  • adjective. destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
  • adjective. not having the capacity to support life
  • Word Usage
    "WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party's outreach to religious voters was lifeless from the start."
    Equivalent
    dead  empty  unanimated  
    Form
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    barren  colorless  dreary  dull  empty  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abeyant  abiotic  apathetic  arid  asleep