inanimate

Adjective
Synonyms: nonlivingnon-livingbreathlesspulseless

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things“the word `car' is inanimate”
  2. not endowed with life“the inorganic world is inanimate”“inanimate objects”Synonyms: nonlivingnon-living
  3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse“an inanimate body”“pulseless and dead”Synonyms: breathlesspulseless
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Inanimate \In*an"i*mate\, v. t. [Pref. in- in (or intensively) + animate.] To animate. [Obs.] --Donne. [1913 Webster]
Inanimate \In*an"i*mate\, a. [L. inanimatus; pref. in- not + animatus animate.] Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances. [1913 Webster]

Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves. --Byron.

Syn: Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless; spiritless. See Lifeless. [1913 Webster]

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