| 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. |
life·less (līf'lĭs) adj.
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