Definitions for lifeless
ˈlaɪf lɪslife·less

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lifeless, exanimate(adj)

   deprived of life; no longer living

   "a lifeless body"

2. lifeless(adj)

   destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings

   "after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly"

3. lifeless(adj)

   lacking animation or excitement or activity

   "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"

4. lifeless(adj)

   not having the capacity to support life

   "a lifeless planet"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lifeless(Adjective)

   inanimate; having no life

2. lifeless(Adjective)

   dead; having lost life

3. lifeless(Adjective)

   uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life

4. lifeless(Adjective)

   dull or lacking vitality

5. lifeless(Adjective)

   departed

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Lifeless(adj)

   destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story

How to pronounce lifeless?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say lifeless in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lifeless in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lifeless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of lifeless in a Sentence

1. Brian Humphrey:

   Handing the badly injured and nearly lifeless siblings from zero visibility conditions within to waiting colleagues outside, the firefighter was able to escape unharmed before the room spiraled to a temperature that would have assuredly taken the children’s lives.

2. Emeasoba George:

   Never underestimate the power of motivations or inspirations. For, they (motivations or inspirations) can give hopes to the hopeless, life to the lifeless and even future to the futureless. ~Emeasoba George

3. Stephen Hawking:

   We believe that life arose spontaneously on Earth, so in an infinite universe, there must be other occurrences of life, somewhere in the cosmos, perhaps intelligent life might be watching these lights of ours, aware of what they mean. Or do our lights wander a lifeless cosmos, unseen beacons announcing that, here on one rock, the universe discovered its existence ? Either way, there is no better question. It's time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. The Breakthrough initiatives are making that commitment. We are alive. We are intelligent. We must know.

4. Matthew Stover:

   There are some who say that Time is itself a hammer; that each slow second marks another tap that makes big rocks into little rocks, waterfalls into canyons, cliffs into beaches. There are some who say that Time is instead a blade. They see the dance of its razored tip, poised like a venomous snake, forever ready to slay faster than the eye can see. And there are some who say that Time is both hammer and blade. They say the hammer is a sculptor's mallet, and the blade is a sculptor's chisel: that each stroke is a refinement, a perfecting, a discovery of truth and beauty within what would otherwise be blank and lifeless stone. And I name this saying wisdom.

5. John Ruskin:

   We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation writes, and the uncorrupted marble bears

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