lifeless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈlaɪfləs/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
- inanimate; having no life
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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; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
- uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
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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 to Arsenal.
2018 December 1, Tom Rostance, “Southampton 2 - 2 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most lifeless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more lifeless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| liveless | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
inert · colourless · immobile · immotile · inert · humdrum · extinct · defunct · at rest · unmoving · desert · weaksauce · still · drab · plodding · with God · stationary · prosaic · unhabited · stiff · solitary · snoozeworthy · decomposed · vapid · peopleless · stationary · basic · rigid · disinhabited · tenantless · cadaverous · expired · static · deserted · torpid · dreich · howling · blah · unalive · no more · stuffy · blessed · lifeless · boring · sedent · cold · late · breathless · inanimate · beingless · dull · departed · corny · lame · drowsy · lackluster · at rest · mundane · vanilla · perished · gone · heavy going · untenanted · straightforward · ho-hum · motionless · insipid · whilom · expired · unoccupied · sedentary · lifeless · fixed · languid · inanimate · dull as dishwater · peopleless · unmovable · flat · no longer with us · reposing · soporific · living impaired · uncool · pedestrian · unpeopled · perished · six feet under · wasted · uninhabited · unalived · prosy · pedantic · low · wooden · resting · inert · lifeless · inhabited · wan · impassive · plain · longsome · unmoved · good · deceased · lifeless · uninteresting · dull · unpopulated · wasteful · unmoveable · inanimate · mindless · stodgy · bland · beat · monotonous · kaput · tedious · no fun at parties · immobile · lackluster · stock-still · cold · six feet deep · vacant · lifeless · static · stuck · immovable · commonplace · asleep · soporific · fey · sessile · desolate · clay-cold · banal · inhabitantless · killed · deserted
Translations (54)
ru бездыха́нный (dead) · fo lívleysur (dead) · pl martwy (dull or lacking vitality) · fi hengetön (inanimate) · pl nieżywy (dead) · bg мъртъв (dead) · de leblos (dead) · es sin vida (dead) · alt ӧлӱмтик (dead) · sh bȅživotan (dead) · mr निर्जीव (dead) · hi मृत (dead) · nn livlaus (dead) · bn মৃত (dead) · af leweloos (inanimate) · mr मृत (dead) · pl jałowy (uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life) · fi hengetön (dead) · nb livløs (dead) · gd gun deò (dead) · el άβιος (inanimate) · grc ἄψυχος (inanimate) · kum оьлю чырайлы (dead) · sv livlös (dead) · la inanimus (inanimate) · es exánime (inanimate) · hi अचेतन (inanimate) · pl martwy (inanimate) · is líflaus (dead) · eo senviva (dead) · te నిర్జీవము (dead) · ja 生命のない (dead) · ru безжи́зненный (dead) · sh бе̏животан (dead) · da livløs (dead) · ps بې ځانه (dead) · tr cansız (dead) · pdt doot (dead) · fr sans vie (dead) · fi kuollut (uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life) · pl martwy (dead) · es inánime (dead) · es exánime (dead) · bn নির্জীব (dead) · bn জীবনহীন (dead) · af leweloos (dead) · fi kuollut (dead) · grc ἄζωος (dead) · hu élettelen (dead) · cmn 無生命的 /无生命的 (dead) · fi hengetön (dull or lacking vitality) · bg безжизнен (inanimate) · gl sen vida (dead) · ps بې سا (dead)