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lifelessness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

not having life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inanimateness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physiological property

Narrower terms: deadness, insentience

3

noun

Meaning 3

a state of no motion or movement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the utter motionlessness of a marble statue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: motionlessness, stillness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: state

Narrower terms: stationariness, immobility, fixedness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English lifeless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lifelessness From lifeless + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: elottomuus — the property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation
  • Hungarian: élettelenség — the property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation
  • Irish: díbheocht — the property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation
  • Central Kurdish: مردویی (mirduyî) — the property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation
  • Polish: martwota — the property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation
  • Russian: безжизненность (bezžiznennostʹ) — the property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation
  • Turkish: cansızlık — the property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation