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lifelessness

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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.
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Noun1.lifelessness - a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue"
motionlessness, stillness
state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
fixedness, immobility, stationariness - remaining in place
2.lifelessness - not having life
inanimateness
physiological property - a property having to do with the functioning of the body
deadness - the inanimate property of something that has died
insentience - lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations
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Annushka went out, but Anna did not begin dressing, and sat in the same position, her head and hands hanging listlessly, and every now and then she shivered all over, seemed as though she would make some gesture, utter some word, and sank back into lifelessness again.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But there was an initial lifelessness in the silent bulk that gave the assassin momentary wonder.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
It was very heavy, and the lifelessness of it shocked her.
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