non-living
- adjective
- /nɑnˈlɪvɪŋ/
- In the classroom, we examined non-living objects such as pencils and notebooks.
So the distinction that we make between living and non living is not principled.
- So the distinction that we make between living and non living is not principled.
- Yeah, it made more sense when they were like a non living thing, you know what I mean?
- It is its own essence in a way that non living things aren't.
Examples
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And it includes non living objects like light bulbs and taxi cabs and buildings because these are also populations.
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So the distinction that we make between living and non living is not principled.
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Yeah, it made more sense when they were like a non living thing, you know what I mean?
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So what we are going to study now is a non living object and we are going to pick it to be a mathematical point.
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Life is messing with the environment in ways that non living things are are doing.
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Here she became sadly, a kind of back and forth living, non living on judicial decisions.
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It is its own essence in a way that non living things aren't.
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Water is classified as a non-living substance since it does not exhibit any characteristics of life.
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Rocks and minerals are considered non-living entities in the ecosystem.
Synonyms
Not moving and showing no signs of people or animals
Not alive and cannot move or feel
Not living any more, for example a person or animal
Antonyms
How Alive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Non-living is made of non- meaning 'not', as in nonstop, and living from 'live' meaning 'alive', so it simply means 'not alive'.