Usually means: Devoid of growth, movement, consciousness.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word lifeless:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. lifeless: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lifeless: Merriam-Webster
  3. lifeless: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lifeless: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lifeless: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lifeless: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lifeless, lifeless: Wordnik
  8. lifeless: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lifeless: Wiktionary
  10. lifeless: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lifeless: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lifeless: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lifeless, lifeless: Dictionary.com
  14. lifeless: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Lifeless (EP), Lifeless (TV series), Lifeless: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Lifeless: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lifeless: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lifeless: Rhymezone
  19. lifeless: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. lifeless: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. lifeless: FreeDictionary.org
  22. lifeless: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. lifeless: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lifeless: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lifeless: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lifeless: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  inanimate; having no life
▸ adjective:  dead; having lost life
▸ adjective:  uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
▸ adjective:  dull or lacking vitality

Similar:
unanimated, empty, exanimate, dead, liveless, inanimate, inert, dead-alive, dull, exanimous, more...

Opposite:
living, animate, vital

Types:
dead, lifelessness, lifelessly, more...

Phrases:
Lifeless Planet, dull and lifeless, person appearing lifeless, lifeless place, lifeless body, more...

Adjectives:
more, cold, mere, little, twilight, same, idlest, dead, whole, senseless, old

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Similar:
unanimated, empty, exanimate, dead, liveless, inanimate, inert, dead-alive, dull, exanimous, more...

Opposite:
living, animate, vital

Types:
dead, lifelessness, lifelessly, more...

Phrases:
Lifeless Planet, dull and lifeless, person appearing lifeless, lifeless place, lifeless body, more lifeless, far from lifeless, lifeless transcript of evidence, lifeless color, lifeless plant, lifeless eyes, more...

Adjectives:
more, cold, mere, little, twilight, same, idlest, dead, whole, senseless, old

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     charcoal,     stone, more...



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