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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlaɪfləs/ Forms: more lifeless [comparative], most lifeless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lyfles, lifles, from Old English līflēas (“lifeless”), equivalent to life + -less. Cognate with West Frisian libbensleas (“lifeless”), Dutch levenloos (“lifeless”), German leblos (“lifeless”), Danish livløs (“lifeless”), Swedish livlös (“lifeless”), Icelandic líflaus (“lifeless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyfles}} Middle English lyfles, {{inh|en|ang|līflēas|t=lifeless}} Old English līflēas (“lifeless”), {{af|en|life|-less}} life + -less, {{cog|fy|libbensleas|t=lifeless}} West Frisian libbensleas (“lifeless”), {{cog|nl|levenloos|t=lifeless}} Dutch levenloos (“lifeless”), {{cog|de|leblos|t=lifeless}} German leblos (“lifeless”), {{cog|da|livløs|t=lifeless}} Danish livløs (“lifeless”), {{cog|sv|livlös|t=lifeless}} Swedish livlös (“lifeless”), {{cog|is|líflaus|t=lifeless}} Icelandic líflaus (“lifeless”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} lifeless (comparative more lifeless, superlative most lifeless)
  1. inanimate; having no life Categories (topical): Death Translations (inanimate): leweloos (Afrikaans), ἄψυχος (ápsukhos) (Ancient Greek), безжизнен (bezžiznen) (Bulgarian), hengetön (Finnish), άβιος (ávios) (Greek), inanimus (Latin), martwy (Polish)
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  2. dead; having lost life Categories (topical): Death Translations (dead): leweloos (Afrikaans), নির্জীব (nirjib) (Bengali), জীবনহীন (jibnohin) (Bengali), মৃত (mrito) (Bengali), мъртъв (mǎrtǎv) (Bulgarian), 無生命的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无生命的 (wú shēngmìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), livløs (Danish), senviva (Esperanto), lívleysur (Faroese), hengetön (Finnish), kuollut (Finnish), sans vie (French), sen vida (Galician), leblos (German), élettelen (Hungarian), líflaus (Icelandic), 生命のない (senmei no nai) (alt: せいめいのない) (Japanese), निर्जीव (nirjīv) (Marathi), मृत (mŕt) (Marathi), livløs (Norwegian Bokmål), livlaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), بې ځانه (be źâna) (Pashto), بې سا (be sâ) (Pashto), doot (Plautdietsch), martwy (Polish), nieżywy (Polish), безжи́зненный (bezžíznennyj) (Russian), бездыха́нный (bezdyxánnyj) (Russian), gun deò (Scottish Gaelic), бе̏животан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bȅživotan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), exánime (Spanish), sin vida (Spanish), inánime (Spanish), livlös (Swedish), నిర్జీవము (nirjīvamu) (Telugu), cansız (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-lifeless-en-adj-6rqlvgWU Disambiguation of Death: 37 35 28 0 Disambiguation of 'dead': 20 80 0 0
  3. uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life Categories (topical): Death Translations (uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life): kuollut (Finnish), jałowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-lifeless-en-adj-8ytCFDer Disambiguation of Death: 37 35 28 0 Disambiguation of 'uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life': 5 4 90 1
  4. dull or lacking vitality Translations (dull or lacking vitality): hengetön (Finnish), martwy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-lifeless-en-adj-fqvwSZ2~ Disambiguation of 'dull or lacking vitality': 1 1 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: liveless [obsolete] Derived forms: lifelessly, lifelessness

Alternative forms

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          "text": "a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts,\nWith ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits,\nWhich dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are,\nAnd might, if my extreames had ful euents,\nMake me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "nieżywy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezžíznennyj",
          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "безжи́зненный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezdyxánnyj",
          "sense": "dead",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "gun deò"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "dead",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "dead",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "bȅživotan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "exánime"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "sin vida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "inánime"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "livlös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "nirjīvamu",
          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "నిర్జీవము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "dead",
          "word": "cansız"
        }
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    },
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 90 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life",
          "word": "kuollut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 90 1",
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        }
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          "text": "In a largely lifeless second half their only shot on target was a tame overhead effort from Paul Pogba, and Mourinho's already stretched squad saw Luke Shaw and Lukaku limp off late on, while Ashley Young picked up a fifth booking of the season which rules him out of Wednesday's league game at home to Arsenal.",
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        }
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        ],
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          "lacking"
        ],
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          "vitality"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "dull or lacking vitality",
          "word": "hengetön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "dull or lacking vitality",
          "word": "martwy"
        }
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪfləs/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "liveless"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lifeless"
}
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Pashto translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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      },
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "inanimate"
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:",
          "text": "a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts,\nWith ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits,\nWhich dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are,\nAnd might, if my extreames had ful euents,\nMake me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.",
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          "text": "In a largely lifeless second half their only shot on target was a tame overhead effort from Paul Pogba, and Mourinho's already stretched squad saw Luke Shaw and Lukaku limp off late on, while Ashley Young picked up a fifth booking of the season which rules him out of Wednesday's league game at home to Arsenal.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪfləs/"
    }
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      "word": "liveless"
    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "inanimate",
      "word": "leweloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezžiznen",
      "sense": "inanimate",
      "word": "безжизнен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inanimate",
      "word": "hengetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ávios",
      "sense": "inanimate",
      "word": "άβιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ápsukhos",
      "sense": "inanimate",
      "word": "ἄψυχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "inanimate",
      "word": "inanimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inanimate",
      "word": "martwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "leweloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "nirjib",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "নির্জীব"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "jibnohin",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "জীবনহীন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mrito",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "মৃত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎrtǎv",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "мъртъв"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "無生命的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wú shēngmìng de",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "无生命的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "livløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "senviva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "lívleysur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "hengetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "kuollut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "sans vie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "sen vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "leblos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "élettelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "líflaus"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいめいのない",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "senmei no nai",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "生命のない"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nirjīv",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "निर्जीव"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "mŕt",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "मृत"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "livløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "livlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "be źâna",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "بې ځانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "be sâ",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "بې سا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "doot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "martwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "nieżywy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezžíznennyj",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "безжи́зненный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezdyxánnyj",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "бездыха́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "gun deò"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dead",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бе̏животан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dead",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bȅživotan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "exánime"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "sin vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "inánime"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "livlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nirjīvamu",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "నిర్జీవము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dead",
      "word": "cansız"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life",
      "word": "kuollut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life",
      "word": "jałowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dull or lacking vitality",
      "word": "hengetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dull or lacking vitality",
      "word": "martwy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lifeless"
}

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