 inanimate |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things | |
| Examples: | "the word `car' is inanimate" |
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| Related terms: | animate linguistics | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not endowed with life | |
| Synonyms: | dead nonliving | |
| Examples: | "the inorganic world is inanimate" "inanimate objects" "dead stones" |
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| Related terms: | animate nonconscious animateness | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse | |
| Synonyms: | pulseless breathless | |
| Examples: | "an inanimate body" "pulseless and dead" |
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| Related terms: | dead | |
