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unlife

unlife noun: a state of being that is not life (but may resemble it).

Noun

unlife (uncountable)

  1. A state of being that is not life (but may resemble it).
    • “A vampire can be restored to unlife after destruction once and only once through the willing sacrifice of a human soul.” I threw the long sword through the television. It didn't explode like they do in the movies.2009 March 10, J. F. Lewis, Revamped, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Origin of unlife

From un- + life.

Questions about unlife

What does unlife mean?
Unlife means a state of being that is not life (but may resemble it).
What part of speech is unlife?
Unlife is a noun.

Words near unlife in the dictionary

  1. unlidded
  2. unlidding
  3. unlids
  4. unlief
  5. unlienable
  6. unlife
  7. unlifelike
  8. unlifelikeness
  9. unliftable
  10. unlifted
  11. unlifting

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