unalive
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈlaɪv/
- Slang
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- I lay on our bed, aware of the sheets above and below me in all their myriad threads, warm but unalive.
Examples
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He stared at the old photograph, feeling that the faces in it seemed unalive in their stillness.
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Her voice was flat and unalive, showing no emotion in the conversation.
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The plant looked dry and unalive after weeks without water.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not alive or working, for example a battery with no power
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3.4
Not moving and showing no signs of people or animals
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3.5
A person who is not alive, used in formal or respectful speech
No longer living and often remembered
Having no life or power at all
Not alive, for example stones, water, and machines
Not alive and does not grow or breathe
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unalive comes from un- meaning 'not' and alive meaning 'living', so it literally means 'not alive'. A helpful way to remember it is that people often use unalive online as a softer or less direct way to say 'dead'.