lifeless
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lifeless
- /ˈlaɪfləs/
Where it comes from
From Middle English lyfles, lifles, from Old English līflēas (“lifeless”), equivalent to life + -less. Cognate with West Frisian libbensleas (“lifeless”), Dutch levenloos (“lifeless”), German leblos (“lifeless”), Danish livløs (“lifeless”), Swedish livlös (“lifeless”), Icelandic líflaus (“lifeless”).
adjective more lifeless · most lifeless · liveless
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inanimate; having no life
Similar: immobile, inert, fixed, immotile, immovable, inanimate, lifeless, sessile, static, rigid, stationary, stuck
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dead; having lost life
a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts,
With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits,
Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are,
And might, if my extreames had ful euents,
Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.
Similar: expired, perished, asleep, at rest, blessed, cadaverous, clay-cold, deceased, breathless, resting, cold, decomposed
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uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
Similar: deserted, peopleless, beingless, desert, howling, desolate, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited, lifeless, solitary, tenantless
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dull or lacking vitality
In a largely lifeless second half their only shot on target was a tame overhead effort from Paul Pogba, and Mourinho's already stretched squad saw Luke Shaw and Lukaku limp off late on, while Ashley Young picked up a fifth booking of the season which rules him out of Wednesday's league game at home
Similar: lackluster, soporific, banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, boring, cold, colourless
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: exanimate, empty, unanimated, dead, inert, inanimate, lacklustre, lackluster, lonely, soulless, spiritless, stagnant, insensible, cold, barren, still
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adj dead
| Español | exánime, sin vida, inánime |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 生命のない senmei no nai |
| 中文 | 無生命的 /无生命的 wú shēngmìng de |
| हिन्दी | मृत mŕt |
| Français | sans vie |
| Deutsch | leblos |
| Русский | безжи́зненный bezžíznennyj, бездыха́нный bezdyxánnyj |
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title = {lifeless},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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