Nonlive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Not live (in various senses). not-comparable
"Near-synonyms: nonalive, unalive, dead, devitalized, inanimate (all sometimes denotatively synonymous but not idiomatically interchangeable)"

Synonyms

dead devitalized inanimate nonalive unalive

Antonyms

alive animate live

Example

"Near-synonyms: nonalive, unalive, dead, devitalized, inanimate (all sometimes denotatively synonymous but not idiomatically interchangeable)"

Etymology

From non- + live.

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