Lifelessness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation. uncountable
"In the last years of the 20th century, Glenfeshie, a 17,000-hectare estate in the Scottish Highlands, was in steep decline. Decades of overgrazing by deer had reduced its hillsides to clipped lifelessness."
- 2 not having life wordnet
- 3 a state of no motion or movement wordnet
Example
More examples"In the last years of the 20th century, Glenfeshie, a 17,000-hectare estate in the Scottish Highlands, was in steep decline. Decades of overgrazing by deer had reduced its hillsides to clipped lifelessness."
Etymology
From lifeless + -ness.