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lifeless

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life·less  (lfls)
adj.
1. Having no life; inanimate.
2. Having lost life; dead. See Synonyms at dead.
3. Not inhabited by living beings; not capable of sustaining life.
4. Lacking vitality or animation; dull: a lifeless party.

lifeless·ly adv.
lifeless·ness n.

lifeless
Adjective
1. inanimate; dead
2. lacking liveliness or animation
3. unconscious
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lifeless - deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"
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"
2.lifeless - destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings; "after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly"
empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
3.lifeless - lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"
unanimated - not animated or enlivened; dull
4.lifeless - not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet"
dead - not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"

lifeless
adjective 1. dead, unconscious, extinct, deceased, cold, defunct, inert, inanimate, comatose, out cold, out for the count, insensible, in a faint, insensate, dead to the world (informal) << OPPOSITE alive
adjective 3. dull, cold, flat, hollow, heavy, slow, wooden, stiff, passive, static, pointless, sluggish, lacklustre, lethargic, colourless, listless, torpid, spiritless << OPPOSITE lively
Translations
lifeless [ˈlaɪflɪs] adjsin vida (= dull); soso
lifeless [ˈlaɪflɪs] adjsans vie, inanimé(e) (= dull); qui manque de vie or de vigueur
lifeless [ˈlaɪflɪs] life adjleblos (fig) [person, party etc] → langweilig
lifeless [ˈlaɪflɪs] adjsenza vita


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When he found the unfortunate Swallow lifeless on the ground, he said, "Unhappy bird
I looked first at my lifeless clay there upon the floor of the cave and then down at myself in utter bewilderment; for there I lay clothed, and yet here I stood but naked as at the minute of my birth.
After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.
 
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