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lifeless(dictionary)

lifeless (iou)



lifeless adjective.
[Old English, formed as LIFE noun + -LESS.]
That has ceased to live; no longer living; dead. OE.
M. Shadbolt The bird lay limp...It was already quite lifeless.
b. Unconscious. Chiefly hyperbol. M17.
Disraeli Mrs. Felix Lorraine sank lifeless into his arms.
Not endowed with or possessing life; inanimate. OE.
Shakespeare As You Like It That which here stands up Is but a quintain, a mere lifeless block.
Lacking animation, vigour, or activity. ME.
E. Bowen The flags had dropped and hung lifeless down their poles. B. Pym Marcia's short, stiff, lifeless hair.
Devoid of life or living beings. M18.
Browning Treeless, herbless, lifeless mountain.
lifelessly adverb M19.
lifelessness noun E18.