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life·less    Audio Help   [lahyf-lis] Pronunciation Key
–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 līfléas. 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    Audio Help   (līf'lĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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lifelessness

noun
1. a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" [syn: motionlessness] [ant: motion] 
2. not having life [syn: inanimateness] [ant: aliveness] 

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