Lifelessness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    not having life wordnet
  3. 3
    a state of no motion or movement wordnet

Synonyms

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acediaapathyboredomdeadnessdimnessdrowsiness

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"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.

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