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dead
Sudden; abrupt:
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  1. Sudden; abrupt:
  2. Lacking elasticity or bounce:
  3. Physically inactive; dormant:
inert
Having or exhibiting little or no activity, esp. chemical activity
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  1. Having or exhibiting little or no activity, esp. chemical activity
  2. Incapable of moving or acting:
  3. Having inertia; without power to move, act, or resist
inanimate
(Grammar) Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things:
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  1. (Grammar) Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things:
  2. Not animate; not endowed with (animal) life
  3. Not being, and never having been alive.
departed
Gone away; past; bygone
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  1. Gone away; past; bygone
  2. No longer living; dead.
  3. Dead
lackluster
Lacking brightness, luster, or vitality; dull.
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  1. Lacking brightness, luster, or vitality; dull.
  2. Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality
  3. Lacking energy or vitality; boring, unimaginative, etc.
listless
Characterized by a lack of energy or interest:
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  1. Characterized by a lack of energy or interest:
  2. Having no interest in what is going on about one, as a result of illness, weariness, dejection, etc.; spiritless; languid
  3. Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic:
heavy
Not easily borne; oppressive:
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  1. Not easily borne; oppressive:
  2. Too dense or rich to digest easily:
  3. Lacking vitality; deficient in vivacity or grace:
asleep
Numb except for a prickly feeling
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  1. Numb except for a prickly feeling
  2. Numb, especially from reduced circulation of blood to a limb:
  3. Dead.
dead
Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull:
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  1. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull:
  2. Marked for certain death; doomed:
  3. No longer having significance or relevance:
deceased
No longer living; dead.
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  1. No longer living; dead.
  2. Dead
defunct
No longer existing or functioning, as because of failure
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  1. No longer existing or functioning, as because of failure
  2. Having ceased to exist or live:
  3. (Now Rare) No longer living; deceased
departed
Gone away; past; bygone
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  1. Gone away; past; bygone
  2. No longer living; dead.
  3. Dead
extinct
No longer in existence or use; specif., having no living examples
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  1. No longer in existence or use; specif., having no living examples
  2. Having no living members. Species become extinct for many reasons, including climate change, disease, destruction of habitat, local or worldwide natural disasters, and development into new species (speciation). The great majority of species that have ever lived—probably more than 99 percent—are now extinct.
  3. No longer burning or active:
gone
Dead
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  1. Dead
  2. No longer alive; dead.
  3. (Slang) Infatuated:
late
Of or toward the end or more advanced part, as of a period or stage:
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  1. Of or toward the end or more advanced part, as of a period or stage:
  2. Coming, occurring, continuing, or remaining after the correct, usual, or expected time; delayed:
  3. Dead, especially if only recently deceased:
arid
Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull:
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  1. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull:
  2. Very dry, especially having less precipitation than is needed to support most trees or woody plants. Deserts have arid climates.
  3. Lacking enough water for things to grow; dry and barren
aseptic
Not septic; free from or keeping away disease-producing or putrefying microorganisms
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  1. Not septic; free from or keeping away disease-producing or putrefying microorganisms
  2. Free of microorganisms that cause disease.
  3. Using methods to protect against infection by pathogenic microorganisms:
colorless
Pale; pallid:
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  1. Pale; pallid:
  2. Without color
  3. Lacking color:
drab
Dull or commonplace in character; dreary:
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  1. Dull or commonplace in character; dreary:
  2. Faded and dull in appearance.
  3. Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
dry
Constructed without mortar or cement:
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  1. Constructed without mortar or cement:
  2. No longer yielding liquid, especially milk:
  3. Not shedding tears:
dull
Not pointed or sharp; blunt; not keen
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  1. Not pointed or sharp; blunt; not keen
  2. Gloomy; cloudy
  3. Not clear or resonant:
earthbound
Confined to the Earth
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  1. Confined to the Earth
  2. Confined to or by the earth or earthly things
  3. Fastened in or to the soil:
flat
Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
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  1. Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
  2. Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
  3. Not glossy; matte:
flavorless
Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
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  1. Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
  2. Flat; lacking character or definition.
lackluster
Lacking energy or vitality; boring, unimaginative, etc.
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  1. Lacking energy or vitality; boring, unimaginative, etc.
  2. Lacking brightness, luster, or vitality; dull.
  3. Having no shine or lustre; dull
lusterless
Lacking distinction, radiance, or vitality; dull:
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  1. Lacking distinction, radiance, or vitality; dull:
  2. Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.
matter-of-fact
Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic
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  1. Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic
  2. Lacking emotion or colour
  3. Sticking strictly to facts; literal, unimaginative, unemotional, prosaic, etc.
pedestrian
Lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull
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  1. Lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull
  2. Going or performed on foot:
  3. Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians:
prosaic
Commonplace, dull and ordinary
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  1. Commonplace, dull and ordinary
  2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
  3. Of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.
spiritless
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
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  1. Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
sterile
Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
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  1. Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
  2. Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit, spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.
  3. Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful:
stodgy
Heavy and unpalatable
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  1. Heavy and unpalatable
  2. (Of food) having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
  3. Dull; tedious; uninteresting
uninspired
Lacking or done without inspiration or enthusiasm:
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  1. Lacking or done without inspiration or enthusiasm:
  2. Not inspired; lacking spirit, creativity, zest, etc.; dull
  3. Not inspired; dull or dry
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  • These forms were lifeless but still existed.

  • The dying man lay as lifeless and immovable as before.

  • All three mourned as they hovered over Jackson's lifeless body.

  • He wiggled out of his shirt and placed it over the boy's lifeless face and sat down to wait.

  • The inevitable reaction of the romantic movement made the masterpieces, which had filled the men of the Revolution with enthusiasm, seem cold and lifeless to those who had been taught to expect in art that atmosphere of mystery which in nature is everywhere present.

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