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nonlive

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not live (in various senses).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: nonalive, unalive, dead, devitalized, inanimate (all sometimes denotatively synonymous but not idiomatically interchangeable)
  • a nonlive birth
  • a nonlive vaccine
  • nonlive music
  • nonlive ammunition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonalive, unalive, dead, devitalized, inanimate

Antonyms: alive, live, animate

History

Etymology

From non- + live.