Lifeless

//ˈlaɪfləs//

Definitions

1
inanimate; having no life
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immobile inert fixed
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.
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expired perished
3
uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
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deserted peopleless beingless

Word Origin

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 (...

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