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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Wild coach John Hynes sent a message to his team after a relatively lifeless home loss last Saturday.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
Colorado Springs Police Dept. Singler, 36, was arrested in London on Dec. 30, 2023 days after the lifeless bodies of her children, aged 7 and 9, were found at her home in Colorado Springs.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
The video shows a man trying to drag Zakariya’s lifeless body before he too is shot.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
All along, the film lingers on the statues and busts, lifeless figures watching the horrors wrought by a house that’s unnervingly alive.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
Colorado Springs Police Dept. Singler, 36, was arrested in London on Dec. 30, 2023 days after the lifeless bodies of her children, aged 7 and 9, were found at her home in Colorado Springs.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
The video shows a man trying to drag Zakariya’s lifeless body before he too is shot.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
All along, the film lingers on the statues and busts, lifeless figures watching the horrors wrought by a house that’s unnervingly alive.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Lifeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeless. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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