lifelessness

as in death
the state of being dead the sight of her husband's corpse, in all of its embalmed lifelessness, was heartbreaking

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Noun
  • Those who do so face unimaginable hardship — fleeing violence, persecution or certain death.
    Chris Shue, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Rendered with all of the rich detail and disarming atmospherics that have characterized his work to date, Nosferatu is Eggers at the height of his powers: an astonishing, meticulously crafted, and oddly touching parable about desire, disease, and death.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Interestingly, Ukrainian soldiers said, the North Koreans try to remove their dead and wounded from the battlefield, which is different from the Russians.
    Marc Santora, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The brigade retreated, leaving behind its frozen dead.
    David Axe, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sleep duration and risk of mortality from chronic kidney disease among Japanese adults.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Later on, Jackie, Phaedra, and Heavenly address the critical issue of Black maternal mortality in a moving speech.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Lifelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifelessness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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