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non-life

non-life is the alternative form of nonlife.

Meaning of nonlife

Noun

nonlife (countable and uncountable, plural nonlives)

  1. (uncountable) All objects or substances except those considered alive.
    • Life reproduces. Everything else is nonlife.
  2. (countable) A life so devoid of meaning or activity that it is barely worth living.
    • These guys do good jobs given the kind of nonlives they live. It's inhuman. They can't go home. They can't see their ladies.2001, Peter M Coan, Taxi: The Harry Chapin Story

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Forms of non-life

pluralnon-lives

Questions about non-life

What is non-life the alternative form of?
Non-life is the alternative form of nonlife.

Words near non-life in the dictionary

  1. non-lethals
  2. non-lexical
  3. non-libidoist
  4. non-libidoists
  5. non-licentious
  6. non-life
  7. non-life-threatening
  8. non-limphoid
  9. non-linear
  10. non-linear text
  11. non-linear texts

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