1 (formal) dead or appearing to be dead:
He knelt beside her lifeless body.
2 not living; not having living things growing on or in it:
lifeless machines * a lifeless planet
3 dull; lacking the qualities that make sth or sb interesting and full of life:
his lifeless performance on stage * Her hair was lifeless and uncombed.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lifeless is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is lifeless a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, lifeless is tagged as adjective.
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