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inanimate
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in·an·i·mate  (n-n-mt)
adj.
1. Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms. See Synonyms at dead.
2. Not animated or energetic; dull.
3. Grammar Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things: The word car is inanimate; the word dog is animate.

in·ani·mate·ly adv.
in·ani·mate·ness n.

inanimate [ɪnˈænɪmɪt]
adj
1. lacking the qualities or features of living beings; not animate inanimate objects
2. lacking any sign of life or consciousness; appearing dead
3. lacking vitality; spiritless; dull
inanimately  adv
inanimateness , inanimation [ɪnˌænɪˈmeɪʃən] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inanimate - belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate"
linguistics - the scientific study of language
animate - belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate"
2.inanimate - not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"
animate - endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"
3.inanimate - appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

inanimate
adjective lifeless, inert, dead, cold, extinct, defunct, inactive, soulless, quiescent, spiritless, insensate, insentient He thinks that inanimate objects have a life of their own.
living, active, alive, moving, lively, animate, alive and kicking, full of beans (informal)
Translations
inanimate [ɪnˈænɪmɪt] ADJ [object] → inanimado

inanimate [ɪnˈænɪmət] adjinanimé(e)

inanimate
adjleblos, tot; nature, worldunbelebt

inanimate [ɪnˈænɪmɪt] adjinanimato/a
inanimate [ɪnˈænɪmɪt] adjinanimato/a

inanimate
adj inanimate [inˈӕnimət]
not living A rock is an inanimate object. leweloos جامِد، لا حَياة فيه неодушевен neživý død leblos άψυχος inanimado elutu بی جان eloton inanimé דוֹמֵם अचेतन beživotan élettelen tidak hidup dauður, lífvana inanimato 生命のない 생명이 없는 negyvas nedzīvs tidak hidup levenloos død, livløs nieożywiony inanimado neînsufleţit неодушевлённый neživý neživ neživ inte levande, livlös, död ซึ่งไม่มีชีวิต cansız 無生命的 неживий, бездушний بے جان vô tri


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