1
[ adjective ] deprived of life; no longer living

Synonyms

exanimate

Examples

"a lifeless body"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Several slugs fired into the bed jerked aside the blanket to reveal an apparently lifeless hand .

Related terms

dead

2
[ adjective ] destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings

Examples

"after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly"

Related terms

empty

3
[ adjective ] lacking animation or excitement or activity

Synonyms

dead

Examples

"the party being dead we left early" "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"

Related terms

unanimated

4
[ adjective ] not having the capacity to support life

Examples

"a lifeless planet"

Related terms

dead

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