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lifeless

Syllables: life·less/ˈlaɪfləs/

lifeless adjective: inanimate; having no life.

Adjective

lifeless (comparative more lifeless, superlative most lifeless)

  1. inanimate; having no life
  2. dead; having lost life
    • a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts,
      With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits,
      Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are,
      And might, if my extreames had ful euents,
      Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
  4. dull or lacking vitality
    • 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...2018 December 1, Tom Rostance, “Southampton 2 - 2 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport

lifeless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

lifeless in Hindi

inanimate
अचेतन acetan
dead
मृत mŕt

lifeless in Tamil

உயிரற்ற, உற்சாகமில்லாத, களையற்ற

lifeless in Marathi

dead
निर्जीव nirjīv, मृत mŕt

lifeless in Urdu

lifeless
جڑ jaṛ
More languagesFewer languages
lifeless in Bengali
নির্জীব nirjib, জীবনহীন jibnohin, মৃত mrito
lifeless in Telugu
నిర్జీవము nirjīvamu
lifeless in Malayalam
മരിച്ച, ഉത്സാഹംകെട്ട, മൂകമായ, രുചിയില്ലാത്ത
lifeless in Kannada
ಉಸಿರಿಲ್ಲದ, ಮಡಿದ, ಜೀವರಹಿತ, ಪ್ರಾಣವಿಲ್ಲದ
lifeless in Punjabi
ਬੇਜਾਨ bejān
lifeless in Gujarati
નિર્જીવ nirjīv, અજીવ ajīv
lifeless in Odia
ପ୍ରାଣହୀନ, ଜୀବନହୀନ
lifeless in Pashto
بې ځانه be źâna, بې سا be sâ

Examples of lifeless in a sentence

  • Manchester United shrugged off injuries to Phil Jones and Ashley Young to thrash a lifeless Fulham side.
  • We went right through the lifeless, silent streets to a wrecked glassery away beyond the canal.
  • Liu cursed the lifeless wasteland around them.

All 13 example sentences with lifeless

Synonyms of lifeless

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All synonyms of lifeless

Forms of lifeless

comparativemore lifeless
superlativemost lifeless
alternative form (obsolete)liveless

Origin of lifeless

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”).

Words formed from lifeless

Questions about lifeless

What does lifeless mean?
Lifeless means inanimate; having no life.
What is lifeless in Hindi?
Lifeless in Hindi is अचेतन (acetan), मृत (mŕt). See Lifeless meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lifeless?
Lifeless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lifeless?
Lifeless is pronounced /ˈlaɪfləs/.

Words near lifeless in the dictionary

  1. lifeholders
  2. lifeholds
  3. lifejacket
  4. lifejacketed
  5. lifejackets
  6. lifeless
  7. lifelessly
  8. lifelessness
  9. lifelet
  10. lifelets
  11. lifelike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lifeless (page history and authors); lifeless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جڑ (Urdu) (page history and authors); lifeless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lifeless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬੇਜਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અજીવ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); lifeless (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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