Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no life; inanimate.
- adjective Having lost life; dead. synonym: dead.
- adjective Not inhabited by living beings or capable of sustaining life.
- adjective Lacking vitality or animation; dull.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Deprived of life; dead; also, in a state of suspended animation.
- Not possessing life; inanimate; inorganic: as, lifeless matter.
- Destitute of power, force, vigor, or spirit; wanting animation or vital energy; dull; heavy; inactive; vapid; insipid: as, a lifeless style of oratory; lifeless movements.
- Destitute of living beings.
- Synonyms Defunct.
- Inert, torpid, sluggish, spiritless, passive; flat, frigid, pointless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
inanimate ; having nolife - adjective
dead ; having lost life - adjective
uninhabited , orincapable ofsupporting life - adjective
dull orlacking vitality - adjective
departed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective deprived of life; no longer living
- adjective lacking animation or excitement or activity
- adjective destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
- adjective not having the capacity to support life
Etymologies
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Examples
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The big, corporate commissioned public art pieces in lifeless lower Manhattan plazas are old news.
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington: NY's Nuit Blanche: "Bring To Light" Jaime Rojo 2010
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The big, corporate commissioned public art pieces in lifeless lower Manhattan plazas are old news.
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington: NY's Nuit Blanche: "Bring To Light" Jaime Rojo 2010
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WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party's outreach to religious voters was lifeless from the start.
Have Democrats Lost Faith In Faith-Based Outreach? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The big, corporate commissioned public art pieces in lifeless lower Manhattan plazas are old news.
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington: NY's Nuit Blanche: "Bring To Light" Jaime Rojo 2010
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WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party's outreach to religious voters was lifeless from the start.
Have Democrats Lost Faith In Faith-Based Outreach? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party's outreach to religious voters was lifeless from the start.
Have Democrats Lost Faith In Faith-Based Outreach? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party's outreach to religious voters was lifeless from the start.
Have Democrats Lost Faith In Faith-Based Outreach? Josh Fleet 2010
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WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party's outreach to religious voters was lifeless from the start.
Have Democrats Lost Faith In Faith-Based Outreach? Josh Fleet 2010
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WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party's outreach to religious voters was lifeless from the start.
Have Democrats Lost Faith In Faith-Based Outreach? The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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The big, corporate commissioned public art pieces in lifeless lower Manhattan plazas are old news.
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington: NY's Nuit Blanche: "Bring To Light" Jaime Rojo 2010
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