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Lifeless
Definitions
- 1 inanimate; having no life
- 2 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."
- 3 uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
- 4 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 to Arsenal."
- 1 deprived of life; no longer living wordnet
- 2 not having the capacity to support life wordnet
- 3 lacking animation or excitement or activity wordnet
- 4 destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings wordnet
Etymology
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”).
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