Superlative for dead or deceased, or apparently so
“The horse's hooves crashed into Danni and she fell lifeless to the ground.”
Superlative for inanimate, having no sentience or consciousness
“The ball is just a lifeless piece of rubber that I command where to go.”
Superlative for lacking vigor, vitality, or excitement
“My official report is, of course, a lifeless affair, merely an exact statement of the facts.”
Superlative for having no shine or luster
“Who, then, is able to depict with dead and lifeless colors and shades the shining and radiant glories of such worth and glory?”
Superlative for barren, and devoid of living things or beings
“Not a breath of wind stirred in this lifeless place. The only movement came from dust kicked up by his feet.”
Superlative for not conducive to growing crops
“She stepped away from the Huntsman and peered through a window at the lifeless land that surrounded them.”
Superlative for characterized by sluggishness or weariness
Superlative for at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving
Superlative for characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition
Superlative for not excessively showy or lively
Superlative for not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment
Superlative for lacking friendliness or emotion in manner or behavior
Superlative for dull, sluggish, or ugly
Superlative for barren, without life or inhabitants
Superlative for hanging or sagging downwards
Superlative for resembling a corpse or dead body
(of a person) Superlative for physically incapable of moving
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