life·less

(līf′lĭs)

adj.

1. Having no life; inanimate.

2. Having lost life; dead. See Synonyms at dead.

3. Not inhabited by living beings or capable of sustaining life: a lifeless planet.

4. Lacking vitality or animation; dull: a lifeless party.

life′less·ly adv.

life′less·ness n.

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lifeless

(ˈlaɪflɪs)

adj

1. without life; inanimate; dead

2. not sustaining living organisms

3. having no vitality or animation

4. unconscious

ˈlifelessly adv

ˈlifelessness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

life•less

(ˈlaɪf lɪs)

adj.

1. not endowed with life; inanimate: lifeless matter.

2. destitute of living things: a lifeless planet.

3. deprived of life; dead.

4. without animation, liveliness, or spirit; dull; torpid: a lifeless performance.

5. insensible, as a person who has fainted.

[before 1000]

life′less•ly, adv.

life′less•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	lifeless - deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body" exanimate 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) There was no breathing or pulse and he was lifeless.
dead living, live, alive, vital, animate, alive and kicking

2. barren, empty, desert, bare, waste, sterile, unproductive, uninhabited They may appear lifeless, but they provide a valuable habitat for plants and animals.

3. dull, cold, flat, hollow, heavy, slow, wooden, stiff, passive, static, pointless, sluggish, lacklustre, lethargic, colourless, listless, torpid, spiritless His novels are shallow and lifeless.
dull spirited, active, lively, animated

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

lifeless

adjective

1. No longer alive:

asleep, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, extinct, gone, late.

Idioms: at rest, pushing up daisies.

2. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise:

arid, aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired.

Translations

بدون حَيَوِيَّهلا حَياة فيه، مَيِّت

bez životamdlýneživý

kedeliglivløs

fade leblos

atone sans vie sans vigueur

líflaus, leiîinlegurlífvana, dauîur

esanime monotono

безжизненный каменный мёртвый

bez života

cansızölüruhsuzsönük

无生命的无趣的没有生气的

lifeless

[ˈlaɪflɪs] ADJ [body] → sin vida, exánime; [streets] → sin vida, desolado; [face, voice, eyes] → apagado, sin vida; [hair] → sin cuerpo, lacio

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lifeless

[ˈlaɪfləs] adj

(= dead) [body] → sans vie

(= dull) [performance] → terne; [skin, complexion] → blafard(e); [hair] → terne

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lifeless

adj

(= dead, as if dead) → leblos

(= inanimate) → leblos, tot; planet → unbelebt, ohne Leben

(fig: = listless, dull) → lahm (inf), → langweilig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lifeless

[ˈlaɪflɪs] adj (body) → privo/a di vita, inanimato/a (fig) (person) → privo/a di energia; (style) → piatto/a; (hair) → senza corpo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

life

(laif) – plural lives (laivz) – noun

1. the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead. Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.

2. the period between birth and death. He had a long and happy life.

3. liveliness. She was full of life and energy.

4. a manner of living. She lived a life of ease and idleness.

5. the period during which any particular state exists. He had many different jobs during his working life.

6. living things. It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.

7. the story of a life. He has written a life of Churchill.

8. life imprisonment. He was given life for murder.

ˈlifeless adjective

1. dead. a lifeless body.

2. not lively; uninteresting. The actress gave a lifeless performance.

ˈlifelike adjective

like a living person, animal etc. The statue was very lifelike; a lifelike portrait.

life-and-ˈdeath adjective

serious and deciding between life and death. a life-and-death struggle.

ˈlifebelt noun

a ring or belt filled with air or made of a material which floats, for keeping a person afloat.

ˈlifeboat noun

a boat for saving shipwrecked people.

ˈlifebuoy noun

a buoy intended to support a person in the water till he can be rescued.

ˈlife-cycle noun

the various stages through which a living thing passes. the life-cycle of the snail.

life expectancy

the (average) length of time a person can expect to live.

ˈlifeguard noun

a person employed to protect and rescue swimmers at a swimming-pool, beach etc.

ˈlife-jacket noun

a sleeveless jacket filled with material that will float, for keeping a person afloat.

ˈlifeline noun

a rope for support in dangerous operations or thrown to rescue a drowning person.

ˈlifelong adjective

lasting the whole length of a life. a lifelong friendship.

ˈlife-saving noun

the act or skill of rescuing people from drowning. The boy is being taught life-saving.

ˈlife-size(d) adjective, adverb

(of a copy, drawing etc) as large as the original. a life-sized statue.

ˈlifetime noun

the period of a person's life. He saw many changes in his lifetime.

as large as life

in person; actually. I went to the party and there was John as large as life.

bring to life

to make lively or interesting. His lectures really brought the subject to life.

come to life

to become lively or interesting. The play did not come to life until the last act.

for life

until death. They became friends for life.

the life and soul of the party

a person who is very active, enthusiastic, amusing etc at a party.

not for the life of me

not even if it was necessary in order to save my life. I couldn't for the life of me remember his name!

not on your life!

certainly not!. `Will you get married?' `Not on your life!'

take life

to kill. It is a sin to take life.

take one's life

to kill oneself.

take one's life in one's hands

to take the risk of being killed.

to the life

exactly (like). When he put on that uniform, he was Napoleon to the life.

lifeless

a. muerto-a, sin vida.