Definition of lifeless in English:

lifeless

adjective ˈlʌɪfləsˈlaɪfləs

1Dead or apparently dead.
his lifeless body was taken from the river
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a vegetarian, as he couldn't stand the lifeless sight of a dead deer or fish.
- The Captain looked as though he wished the first mate was lying lifeless on the floor with the dead men.
- I can't stand sitting here watching you lie there almost lifeless.
- He twitched a lot and simply stared at the lifeless corpse of his brother.
- She pressed her forehead to his own, and his entire body was cold, lifeless.
- The comfort I wanted was to see Josh alive, not falling lifeless on my living room floor.
- He remembers her arms on the cold, lifeless body of the elderly master as she sat on the stone floor.
- Though they still appeared glassy, they no longer seemed so lifeless.
- Sitting on his knees he embraced the dead bloody woman in his arms, feeling her cold lifeless body against his hot chest.
- When firefighters pulled his lifeless body from the river, his heart wasn't beating and paramedics feared the worst as he was taken to hospital unconscious.
- She gazed in horror at the seemingly lifeless body of her dear friend on the floor.
- She had large areas of deep grey under her eyes, which looked hollow, lifeless, dead.
- The apparently lifeless stick happened to be an early clematis, heavy with bud further down its length and now safely attached to the new support.
- The dirty grey pavements were littered with cold, lifeless bodies and the only sound came from the biting autumn wind as it ripped through the trees and chilled him to the bone.
- Within seconds, he had crumpled onto the ground like a lifeless rag doll.
- His bloody, broken body curled on the floor in a lifeless heap.
- The horse's hooves crashed into Danni and she fell lifeless to the ground.
- He let him go and his pale, lifeless corpse fell to the ground.
- He finally stopped, comatose, lying nearly lifeless on the ground.
- His blue eyes had closed, and he now lay lifeless on the cold ground.
Synonyms
dead, deceased, defunct, departed, late, extinct, perished, gone, no more, passed on/away, stiff, cold, (as) dead as a doornail
rare demised, exanimate
1. 1.1 Lacking vigour, vitality, or excitement.
  dull and lifeless hair
  Example sentencesExamples
  If a writer isn't careful, even the best biblical exegesis can render a parable lifeless.
  The glass-green eyes still flared, but with a flat, lifeless expression.
  They are flawless little gems of paintings that are also completely lifeless and dull.
  But these developments have had consequences for his art, hollowing it out, rendering it lifeless.
  The man who looked back at him was well-muscled and tall, but his eyes were tired and dull, his light brown hair flat and lifeless.
  Generally dry hair is unmanageable, lifeless, dull, frizzy and/or flyaway.
  She finally realised that her lifeless platinum hair didn't make her look like a movie star.
  Sun, wind, chlorine and salt break down the protein structures that make up each strand of hair, rendering it dull, dry and lifeless.
  Her hair seemed lifeless with its now boring length.
  If it's dull, boring and lifeless, your reader will surely move on.
  And I'm getting some highlights put in this lank, lifeless hair of mine on Friday, after dithering over the idea for at least two years.
  She had extremely pale skin; her lips were light pink, almost white, and her hair was limp and lifeless.
  She turned to him, and her eyes were dull, her hair limp and lifeless, her lips as gray as the sky.
  All in all, the presentation is almost as lifeless as the film itself.
  The left wing think tanks, for instance, are now lifeless, dull and lacking in ideas.
  Yes, he is correct in declaring that critical scholarship can be boring and sometimes spiritually lifeless.
  According to him, you should try eating some probiotic yoghurt because it helps to make lifeless, dull hair glossy and shiny.
  I didn't move further, remaining as lifeless as if I was unconscious.
  When you take the colour from things it robs the world of its vitality and wonder, and leaves things drab and lifeless.
  Her long brown hair seemed lifeless, hanging limply down her back.
  Synonyms
  lacklustre, spiritless, lacking vitality, apathetic, torpid, lethargic
  dull, monotonous, boring, tedious, dreary, insipid, unexciting, wearisome, bland, drab, dry, flat, static, stiff, wooden, mechanical, uninspired, inexpressive, expressionless, emotionless, colourless, characterless, two-dimensional, uninspiring
  lank, lustreless
2Devoid of living things.
the lifeless landscapes of the moon
Example sentencesExamples
- He thought of the dead grass, the lifeless, deceased forests in which no creature lived.
- The cave is not a lifeless place, it is a living thing to which we have to give ourselves; a thing that can be gentle and also be a savage whom changes in temper can render dangerous.
- There was a long pause as the two stared out over the grim and lifeless landscape.
- The landscape appears to be lifeless, but is home to an array of insects and wildlife.
Synonyms
barren, sterile, bare, desolate, stark, arid, infertile, uncultivated, empty, uninhabited, unoccupied
cold, bleak, joyless, colourless, characterless, soulless

Derivatives

lifelessly

adverb ˈlʌɪfləsliˈlaɪfləsli

It merely plods lifelessly from one incident to the next, without any sense or urgency or involvement.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you wear it without a tie, then the collar kind of flops down lifelessly - which, as a stiff pointed collar, it shouldn't do.
- Her bare foots were resting lifelessly on the sheets.
- They hung lifelessly and crooked, probably never opened.
- For some ungodly reason the lunatic newspaper had decided that it was thrilled by the idea of listen to me jabber on about any decaying rubbish that fell lifelessly out of my mouth.

lifelessness

noun ˈlʌɪfləsnəsˈlaɪfləsnəs

Although the colour and perm may lighten your face, hair care poses a big problem to many women, for constant setting, colouring and blow-drying may easily result in dryness, dullness and lifelessness.
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, this approach highlighted the comparative lifelessness of the postcards.
- Called the Golem, it protected the Jews of Prague until the Rabbi Löw decided it had become a danger and rubbed out the holy name written on its forehead, reverting it to lifelessness.
- If we inadvertently ‘pollute’ Mars with earth life before we get a chance to either confirm Mars' lifelessness or study its ecologies, then we mess up a huge chance at understanding and studying the nature of life on the grandest scale yet.
- Even so, they wallow in the lifelessness of the mood of despair and they make no effort to step out of their lethargy.

Origin

Old English līflēas (see life, -less).

Definition of lifeless in US English:

lifeless

adjectiveˈlaɪfləsˈlīfləs

1Dead or apparently dead.
his lifeless body was taken from the river
Example sentencesExamples
- The horse's hooves crashed into Danni and she fell lifeless to the ground.
- He twitched a lot and simply stared at the lifeless corpse of his brother.
- The comfort I wanted was to see Josh alive, not falling lifeless on my living room floor.
- He remembers her arms on the cold, lifeless body of the elderly master as she sat on the stone floor.
- She pressed her forehead to his own, and his entire body was cold, lifeless.
- When firefighters pulled his lifeless body from the river, his heart wasn't beating and paramedics feared the worst as he was taken to hospital unconscious.
- He let him go and his pale, lifeless corpse fell to the ground.
- He was a vegetarian, as he couldn't stand the lifeless sight of a dead deer or fish.
- The dirty grey pavements were littered with cold, lifeless bodies and the only sound came from the biting autumn wind as it ripped through the trees and chilled him to the bone.
- Though they still appeared glassy, they no longer seemed so lifeless.
- His blue eyes had closed, and he now lay lifeless on the cold ground.
- Within seconds, he had crumpled onto the ground like a lifeless rag doll.
- Sitting on his knees he embraced the dead bloody woman in his arms, feeling her cold lifeless body against his hot chest.
- The Captain looked as though he wished the first mate was lying lifeless on the floor with the dead men.
- I can't stand sitting here watching you lie there almost lifeless.
- His bloody, broken body curled on the floor in a lifeless heap.
- She had large areas of deep grey under her eyes, which looked hollow, lifeless, dead.
- She gazed in horror at the seemingly lifeless body of her dear friend on the floor.
- The apparently lifeless stick happened to be an early clematis, heavy with bud further down its length and now safely attached to the new support.
- He finally stopped, comatose, lying nearly lifeless on the ground.
Synonyms
dead, deceased, defunct, departed, late, extinct, perished, gone, no more, passed away, passed on, stiff, cold, dead as a doornail, as dead as a doornail
1. 1.1 Lacking vigor, vitality, or excitement.
  my hair always seems to look lifeless
  Example sentencesExamples
  And I'm getting some highlights put in this lank, lifeless hair of mine on Friday, after dithering over the idea for at least two years.
  She had extremely pale skin; her lips were light pink, almost white, and her hair was limp and lifeless.
  When you take the colour from things it robs the world of its vitality and wonder, and leaves things drab and lifeless.
  The glass-green eyes still flared, but with a flat, lifeless expression.
  They are flawless little gems of paintings that are also completely lifeless and dull.
  According to him, you should try eating some probiotic yoghurt because it helps to make lifeless, dull hair glossy and shiny.
  But these developments have had consequences for his art, hollowing it out, rendering it lifeless.
  I didn't move further, remaining as lifeless as if I was unconscious.
  The left wing think tanks, for instance, are now lifeless, dull and lacking in ideas.
  Sun, wind, chlorine and salt break down the protein structures that make up each strand of hair, rendering it dull, dry and lifeless.
  She turned to him, and her eyes were dull, her hair limp and lifeless, her lips as gray as the sky.
  All in all, the presentation is almost as lifeless as the film itself.
  Yes, he is correct in declaring that critical scholarship can be boring and sometimes spiritually lifeless.
  If a writer isn't careful, even the best biblical exegesis can render a parable lifeless.
  The man who looked back at him was well-muscled and tall, but his eyes were tired and dull, his light brown hair flat and lifeless.
  She finally realised that her lifeless platinum hair didn't make her look like a movie star.
  Her long brown hair seemed lifeless, hanging limply down her back.
  Generally dry hair is unmanageable, lifeless, dull, frizzy and/or flyaway.
  Her hair seemed lifeless with its now boring length.
  If it's dull, boring and lifeless, your reader will surely move on.
  Synonyms
  lacklustre, spiritless, lacking vitality, apathetic, torpid, lethargic
  lank, lustreless
2. 1.2 Devoid of living things.
  the moon is lifeless
  Example sentencesExamples
  There was a long pause as the two stared out over the grim and lifeless landscape.
  The cave is not a lifeless place, it is a living thing to which we have to give ourselves; a thing that can be gentle and also be a savage whom changes in temper can render dangerous.
  He thought of the dead grass, the lifeless, deceased forests in which no creature lived.
  The landscape appears to be lifeless, but is home to an array of insects and wildlife.
  Synonyms
  barren, sterile, bare, desolate, stark, arid, infertile, uncultivated, empty, uninhabited, unoccupied

Origin

Old English līflēas (see life, -less).

单词	lifeless
释义	Definition of lifeless in English: lifeless adjective ˈlʌɪfləsˈlaɪfləs 1Dead or apparently dead. his lifeless body was taken from the river Example sentencesExamples He was a vegetarian, as he couldn't stand the lifeless sight of a dead deer or fish. The Captain looked as though he wished the first mate was lying lifeless on the floor with the dead men. I can't stand sitting here watching you lie there almost lifeless. He twitched a lot and simply stared at the lifeless corpse of his brother. She pressed her forehead to his own, and his entire body was cold, lifeless. The comfort I wanted was to see Josh alive, not falling lifeless on my living room floor. He remembers her arms on the cold, lifeless body of the elderly master as she sat on the stone floor. Though they still appeared glassy, they no longer seemed so lifeless. Sitting on his knees he embraced the dead bloody woman in his arms, feeling her cold lifeless body against his hot chest. When firefighters pulled his lifeless body from the river, his heart wasn't beating and paramedics feared the worst as he was taken to hospital unconscious. She gazed in horror at the seemingly lifeless body of her dear friend on the floor. She had large areas of deep grey under her eyes, which looked hollow, lifeless, dead. The apparently lifeless stick happened to be an early clematis, heavy with bud further down its length and now safely attached to the new support. The dirty grey pavements were littered with cold, lifeless bodies and the only sound came from the biting autumn wind as it ripped through the trees and chilled him to the bone. Within seconds, he had crumpled onto the ground like a lifeless rag doll. His bloody, broken body curled on the floor in a lifeless heap. The horse's hooves crashed into Danni and she fell lifeless to the ground. He let him go and his pale, lifeless corpse fell to the ground. He finally stopped, comatose, lying nearly lifeless on the ground. His blue eyes had closed, and he now lay lifeless on the cold ground. Synonyms dead, deceased, defunct, departed, late, extinct, perished, gone, no more, passed on/away, stiff, cold, (as) dead as a doornail rare demised, exanimate 1.1 Lacking vigour, vitality, or excitement. dull and lifeless hair Example sentencesExamples If a writer isn't careful, even the best biblical exegesis can render a parable lifeless. The glass-green eyes still flared, but with a flat, lifeless expression. They are flawless little gems of paintings that are also completely lifeless and dull. But these developments have had consequences for his art, hollowing it out, rendering it lifeless. The man who looked back at him was well-muscled and tall, but his eyes were tired and dull, his light brown hair flat and lifeless. Generally dry hair is unmanageable, lifeless, dull, frizzy and/or flyaway. She finally realised that her lifeless platinum hair didn't make her look like a movie star. Sun, wind, chlorine and salt break down the protein structures that make up each strand of hair, rendering it dull, dry and lifeless. Her hair seemed lifeless with its now boring length. If it's dull, boring and lifeless, your reader will surely move on. And I'm getting some highlights put in this lank, lifeless hair of mine on Friday, after dithering over the idea for at least two years. She had extremely pale skin; her lips were light pink, almost white, and her hair was limp and lifeless. She turned to him, and her eyes were dull, her hair limp and lifeless, her lips as gray as the sky. All in all, the presentation is almost as lifeless as the film itself. The left wing think tanks, for instance, are now lifeless, dull and lacking in ideas. Yes, he is correct in declaring that critical scholarship can be boring and sometimes spiritually lifeless. According to him, you should try eating some probiotic yoghurt because it helps to make lifeless, dull hair glossy and shiny. I didn't move further, remaining as lifeless as if I was unconscious. When you take the colour from things it robs the world of its vitality and wonder, and leaves things drab and lifeless. Her long brown hair seemed lifeless, hanging limply down her back. Synonyms lacklustre, spiritless, lacking vitality, apathetic, torpid, lethargic dull, monotonous, boring, tedious, dreary, insipid, unexciting, wearisome, bland, drab, dry, flat, static, stiff, wooden, mechanical, uninspired, inexpressive, expressionless, emotionless, colourless, characterless, two-dimensional, uninspiring lank, lustreless 2Devoid of living things. the lifeless landscapes of the moon Example sentencesExamples He thought of the dead grass, the lifeless, deceased forests in which no creature lived. The cave is not a lifeless place, it is a living thing to which we have to give ourselves; a thing that can be gentle and also be a savage whom changes in temper can render dangerous. There was a long pause as the two stared out over the grim and lifeless landscape. The landscape appears to be lifeless, but is home to an array of insects and wildlife. Synonyms barren, sterile, bare, desolate, stark, arid, infertile, uncultivated, empty, uninhabited, unoccupied cold, bleak, joyless, colourless, characterless, soulless Derivatives lifelessly adverb ˈlʌɪfləsliˈlaɪfləsli It merely plods lifelessly from one incident to the next, without any sense or urgency or involvement. Example sentencesExamples If you wear it without a tie, then the collar kind of flops down lifelessly - which, as a stiff pointed collar, it shouldn't do. Her bare foots were resting lifelessly on the sheets. They hung lifelessly and crooked, probably never opened. For some ungodly reason the lunatic newspaper had decided that it was thrilled by the idea of listen to me jabber on about any decaying rubbish that fell lifelessly out of my mouth. lifelessness noun ˈlʌɪfləsnəsˈlaɪfləsnəs Although the colour and perm may lighten your face, hair care poses a big problem to many women, for constant setting, colouring and blow-drying may easily result in dryness, dullness and lifelessness. Example sentencesExamples For example, this approach highlighted the comparative lifelessness of the postcards. Called the Golem, it protected the Jews of Prague until the Rabbi Löw decided it had become a danger and rubbed out the holy name written on its forehead, reverting it to lifelessness. If we inadvertently ‘pollute’ Mars with earth life before we get a chance to either confirm Mars' lifelessness or study its ecologies, then we mess up a huge chance at understanding and studying the nature of life on the grandest scale yet. Even so, they wallow in the lifelessness of the mood of despair and they make no effort to step out of their lethargy. Origin Old English līflēas (see life, -less). Definition of lifeless in US English: lifeless adjectiveˈlaɪfləsˈlīfləs 1Dead or apparently dead. his lifeless body was taken from the river Example sentencesExamples The horse's hooves crashed into Danni and she fell lifeless to the ground. He twitched a lot and simply stared at the lifeless corpse of his brother. The comfort I wanted was to see Josh alive, not falling lifeless on my living room floor. He remembers her arms on the cold, lifeless body of the elderly master as she sat on the stone floor. She pressed her forehead to his own, and his entire body was cold, lifeless. When firefighters pulled his lifeless body from the river, his heart wasn't beating and paramedics feared the worst as he was taken to hospital unconscious. He let him go and his pale, lifeless corpse fell to the ground. He was a vegetarian, as he couldn't stand the lifeless sight of a dead deer or fish. The dirty grey pavements were littered with cold, lifeless bodies and the only sound came from the biting autumn wind as it ripped through the trees and chilled him to the bone. Though they still appeared glassy, they no longer seemed so lifeless. His blue eyes had closed, and he now lay lifeless on the cold ground. Within seconds, he had crumpled onto the ground like a lifeless rag doll. Sitting on his knees he embraced the dead bloody woman in his arms, feeling her cold lifeless body against his hot chest. The Captain looked as though he wished the first mate was lying lifeless on the floor with the dead men. I can't stand sitting here watching you lie there almost lifeless. His bloody, broken body curled on the floor in a lifeless heap. She had large areas of deep grey under her eyes, which looked hollow, lifeless, dead. She gazed in horror at the seemingly lifeless body of her dear friend on the floor. The apparently lifeless stick happened to be an early clematis, heavy with bud further down its length and now safely attached to the new support. He finally stopped, comatose, lying nearly lifeless on the ground. Synonyms dead, deceased, defunct, departed, late, extinct, perished, gone, no more, passed away, passed on, stiff, cold, dead as a doornail, as dead as a doornail 1.1 Lacking vigor, vitality, or excitement. my hair always seems to look lifeless Example sentencesExamples And I'm getting some highlights put in this lank, lifeless hair of mine on Friday, after dithering over the idea for at least two years. She had extremely pale skin; her lips were light pink, almost white, and her hair was limp and lifeless. When you take the colour from things it robs the world of its vitality and wonder, and leaves things drab and lifeless. The glass-green eyes still flared, but with a flat, lifeless expression. They are flawless little gems of paintings that are also completely lifeless and dull. According to him, you should try eating some probiotic yoghurt because it helps to make lifeless, dull hair glossy and shiny. But these developments have had consequences for his art, hollowing it out, rendering it lifeless. I didn't move further, remaining as lifeless as if I was unconscious. The left wing think tanks, for instance, are now lifeless, dull and lacking in ideas. Sun, wind, chlorine and salt break down the protein structures that make up each strand of hair, rendering it dull, dry and lifeless. She turned to him, and her eyes were dull, her hair limp and lifeless, her lips as gray as the sky. All in all, the presentation is almost as lifeless as the film itself. Yes, he is correct in declaring that critical scholarship can be boring and sometimes spiritually lifeless. If a writer isn't careful, even the best biblical exegesis can render a parable lifeless. The man who looked back at him was well-muscled and tall, but his eyes were tired and dull, his light brown hair flat and lifeless. She finally realised that her lifeless platinum hair didn't make her look like a movie star. Her long brown hair seemed lifeless, hanging limply down her back. Generally dry hair is unmanageable, lifeless, dull, frizzy and/or flyaway. Her hair seemed lifeless with its now boring length. If it's dull, boring and lifeless, your reader will surely move on. Synonyms lacklustre, spiritless, lacking vitality, apathetic, torpid, lethargic lank, lustreless 1.2 Devoid of living things. the moon is lifeless Example sentencesExamples There was a long pause as the two stared out over the grim and lifeless landscape. The cave is not a lifeless place, it is a living thing to which we have to give ourselves; a thing that can be gentle and also be a savage whom changes in temper can render dangerous. He thought of the dead grass, the lifeless, deceased forests in which no creature lived. The landscape appears to be lifeless, but is home to an array of insects and wildlife. Synonyms barren, sterile, bare, desolate, stark, arid, infertile, uncultivated, empty, uninhabited, unoccupied Origin Old English līflēas (see life, -less).
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