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life⋅less

  [lahyf-lis]
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–adjective
1. not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
2. destitute of living things: a lifeless planet.
3. deprived of life; dead: a battlefield strewn with lifeless bodies.
4. without animation, liveliness, or spirit; dull; colorless; torpid: a lifeless performance of a play.
5. insensible, as a person who has fainted.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME lifles, OE līflēas. See life, -less

Related forms:
life⋅less⋅ly, adverb
life⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. inorganic. 3. defunct. See dead. 4. inactive, inert, passive; sluggish; spiritless.

Antonyms:
1, 3. living. 4. lively.
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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; not capable of sustaining life.
  4. Lacking vitality or animation; dull: a lifeless party.
life'less·ly adv., life'less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Lifeless

Life"less\, a. Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. -- Life"less*ness, n.

Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive; dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat; tasteless.

Usage: Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral sense, lifeless denotes a want of vital energy; inanimate, a want of expression as to any feeling that may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which checks all mental activity; dead supposes a destitution of feeling. A person is said to be lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had; he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : lifeless
Spanish: sin vida,
German: leblos,
Japanese: 死んだ
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