lifeless
adjective
not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate.
lifelessness
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a word derived from
lifeless.
Example Sentences
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Then his eyes found it: a seedling, brittle and brown, overlooked because of its lifelessness.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2023
Something about the way the taxidermist positioned the tiger or the haunting lifelessness of its eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Working each day in the cold and wind, I became accustomed to the lifelessness.
From Salon ● May 29, 2023
Less intriguingly convoluted than concussed into lifelessness, “Marlowe” is the cinematic equivalent of a word salad: It parrots all the right lines while striking all the right poses, without saying much of anything at all.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
Perhaps Changing Woman could help get rid of this bland lifelessness that was now taking the shade of a gray cloud.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
