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lifeless
[ lahyf-lis ]
/ ˈlaɪf lɪs /
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adjective
not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
destitute of living things: a lifeless planet.
deprived of life; dead: a battlefield strewn with lifeless bodies.
without animation, liveliness, or spirit; dull; colorless; torpid: a lifeless performance of a play.
insensible, as a person who has fainted.
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3. See dead.
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life·less·ly, adverblife·less·ness, nounWords nearby lifeless
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British Dictionary definitions for lifeless
lifeless
/ (ˈlaɪflɪs) /
adjective
without life; inanimate; dead
not sustaining living organisms
having no vitality or animation
unconscious
Derived forms of lifeless
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