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non-living

non-living adjective: not living; inanimate.

Adjective

non-living (not comparable)

  1. Not living; inanimate.

non-living meaning in Tamil and Marathi

non-living in Tamil

உயிரற்ற

non-living in Marathi

non-living
निर्जीव nirjīv

Forms of non-living

alternative formnonliving

Origin of non-living

From non- + living.

Questions about non-living

What does non-living mean?
Non-living means not living; inanimate.
What is non-living in Tamil?
Non-living in Tamil is உயிரற்ற. See Non-living meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is non-living?
Non-living is an adjective.

Words near non-living in the dictionary

  1. non-linear texts
  2. non-linguist
  3. non-linguistic
  4. non-linguists
  5. non-lives
  6. non-living
  7. non-local
  8. non-locality
  9. non-locally
  10. non-logical
  11. non-lophose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-living (page history and authors); non-living (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निर्जीव (Marathi) (page history and authors). 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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