lifeless

comparative more lifeless · superlative most lifeless · alternative obsolete liveless

1. inanimate; having no life

   Synonyms: immobile, inert, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert

2. dead; having lost life

   Without any warning, this man took a knife and stabbed the slave girl twice in the breast. Jameson wrote that the girl didn’t scream or fight. She just turned to the side as she fell lifeless to the ground.

   2026 September 3, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Horrific History of Child Cannibalism in the Congo”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2026

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   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.

   c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii

   Synonyms: expired, perished, asleep, at rest, blessed, cadaverous, clay-cold, deceased

3. uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life

   Synonyms: deserted, peopleless, beingless, desert, deserted, howling, desolate, disinhabited

4. dull or lacking vitality

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   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.

   2018 December 1, Tom Rostance, “Southampton 2 - 2 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms: lackluster, soporific, banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace