as in dead
no longer living
the kayaker's lifeless body was found just downstream of the rapids where he had capsized
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Recent Examples of lifeless
But living cells and tissues are far stranger and more dynamic than the lifeless materials physicists typically study.
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Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
Somewhere between having a beer, chatting with friends at a party, and heading back to his university dorm room, someone killed him, and then, as far as the police can tell, placed his lifeless body on the railroad tracks nearby.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Van Dyke, 66, was found lifeless and stuffed under a bed on Saturday at his apartment in the city of Limon, the local Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) reported.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
The lesser of the Filipino adaptations of Wuthering Heights, this is a mostly lifeless updating that drains the tale of much of its complexity.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
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Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
Somewhere between having a beer, chatting with friends at a party, and heading back to his university dorm room, someone killed him, and then, as far as the police can tell, placed his lifeless body on the railroad tracks nearby.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Van Dyke, 66, was found lifeless and stuffed under a bed on Saturday at his apartment in the city of Limon, the local Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) reported.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
The lesser of the Filipino adaptations of Wuthering Heights, this is a mostly lifeless updating that drains the tale of much of its complexity.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeless
Adjective
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An Oakland woman was found dead in her cell at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on Friday, according to an Alameda County Sheriff’s Office press release.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Police Department Cuevas was rushed to a nearby hospital at the time, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Hanson crossed Redwood Creek on a fallen log at the northern edge of the high severity burn, an elastic term that generally means an area where most of the trees are dead.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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His mission is to avenge the death of his only friend, while protecting his fallen comrade’s daughter from the forces that destroyed her family.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The story follows a young woman who regains consciousness after three years in a coma, only to be confronted by the apparition of her deceased sister, as their mother’s search for the truth behind the sister’s death gradually uncovers a dark hereditary secret stretching back centuries.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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The register of wills collects and manages inheritance tax — a tax paid by heirs who receive money, property or other assets from the estate of a deceased person.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Lifeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeless. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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