Thesaurus: lifeless

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1. 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.
2. adj. deprived of life; no longer living
3. adj. destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
4. adj. lacking animation or excitement or activity
5. adj. not having the capacity to support life
6. 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. -- 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.
7. Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, orinhabited 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.
8. j:100 s. deprived of life; no longer living s. destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings s. lacking animation or excitement or activity s. not having the capacity to support life