Definitions for lifeless
ˈlaɪf lɪslife·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lifeless, exanimateadjective

   deprived of life; no longer living

   "a lifeless body"

2. lifelessadjective

   destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings

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

3. lifelessadjective

   lacking animation or excitement or activity

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

4. lifelessadjective

   not having the capacity to support life

   "a lifeless planet"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lifelessadjective

   inanimate; having no life

2. lifelessadjective

   dead; having lost life

3. lifelessadjective

   uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life

4. lifelessadjective

   dull or lacking vitality

5. lifelessadjective

   departed

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lifelessadjective

   Etymology: from life.

   1. Dead; deprived of life.

   The other victor-flame a moment stood,
   Then fell, and lifeless left th’ extinguish’d wood. Dryden.

   I who make the triumph of to-day,
   May of to-morrow’s pomp one part appear,
   Ghastly with wounds, and lifeless on the bier. Matthew Prior.

   2. Unanimated; void of life.

   Was I to have never parted from thy side?
   As good have grown there still a lifeless rib! John Milton, P. L.

   Thus began
   Outrage from lifeless things. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   The power which produces their motions, springs from something without themselves: if this power were suspended, they would become a lifeless, unactive heap of matter. George Cheyne.

   And empty words she gave, and sounding strain,
   But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

   3. Without power, force, or spirit.

   Hopeless and helpless doth Ægeon wend,
   But to procrastinate his lifeless end. William Shakespeare.

   Unknowing to command, proud to obey
   A lifeless king, a royal shade I lay. Matthew Prior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Lifelessadjective

   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?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   I fell in love with your silence than your animated lifeless gestures, for its your stillness that conveyed more than what even words failed to express...

2. Jess Hamm:

   My heart was broken. I don’t want to cry. She was just so lifeless, but she still held onto my finger.

3. Ben Crump:

   The official declaration confirms what all could see in the video. Irvo, while facedown and handcuffed at his wrists and shackled at his ankles, was not permitted to breathe. For over 11 minutes, the ten officer/hospital defendants pushed down hard on every part of Irvo’s body until he was limp and lifeless, we cannot continue to treat the mentally ill with such brutality.

4. Gilbert Highet:

   These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

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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