lifeless
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈlaɪfˌlɛs/
:
sin vida
- His expression was lifeless, showing no excitement or interest in the conversation.
- inert and lifeless
- dull and lifeless
- became lifeless
How could you not feel overwhelmed in an increasingly lifeless and dangerous Internet?
- How could you not feel overwhelmed in an increasingly lifeless and dangerous Internet?
- It's way more lifeless, it's way colder.
- It just feels kind of lifeless.
- I feel like my skin looks a little bit, I guess just a little bit lifeless, like it's not had any sun for a while.
- So clearly it's buildable, but look how like my hand looks so like matte and lifeless.
- That's a problem, an empty lifeless element, rather than what we actually experience.
- So the self is going to become important and doing so dies to its lifeless, lifeless self and to its unmoved universality, Right.
- It infused color and light into a life that had been, at best, black and white and lifeless.
Examples
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- He finds it as dull and lifeless as we do.
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Janey's car sat motionless, lifeless among the frenzy of machines still crashing about the arena.
Fiction book (1995) -
I feel like my skin looks a little bit, I guess just a little bit lifeless, like it's not had any sun for a while.
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In fact, the more time that passed, the more lifeless he seemed to become.
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Look at your arm, so lifeless, hanging at your body, weak.
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How could you not feel overwhelmed in an increasingly lifeless and dangerous Internet?
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The dullest, most lifeless couple my parents knew.
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We began with his heroics, which were amazing, but soon after, his story became lifeless and boring.
Academic text (2011) -
The swelling on her face had gone down some, but she looked lifeless and disheartened.
Fiction book (1996) -
When the opening tumbled into view, Stephen could see the charred, lifeless remains of forests and fields.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
721
1.0
Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient
351
3.7
Feeling like you have no feelings inside
182
1.3
Not interesting or lively
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
31
2.8
A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features
30
6.1
Dull and showing little energy
23
4.2
Not bright or colorful and not lively
20
1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
18
4.1
Having a blank look that shows no thought or interest
17
7.1
Not having special or interesting features so it does not stand out
16
7.9
Not interesting or lively and often boring
14
4.0
Not having new or interesting ideas
14
5.3
Something that is boring because it has no variety
11
6.6
Not producing normal sound and bounce, like a drum or ball
8
9.1
Being almost dead and no longer active, with little sign of life
8
7.9
Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement
7
3.5
Not interesting or exciting
5
8.1
Having no real meaning or importance
3
3.2
Not interesting or exciting
2
7.4
Not interesting or lively and often boring
1
7.6
Something that is not lively and seems dull and without energy
Dull and showing little energy or interest
Not bright in color and not very interesting
Not causing strong feelings or interest
Antonyms
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lifeless is made of life and less, where less means 'without', just like in careless or hopeless. So calling a speech or room lifeless gives the image that it has 'no life' — no energy or excitement.