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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•an•i•mate /ɪnˈænəmɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - not animate; lifeless:inanimate objects such as stones, cement, and logs.
in•an•i•mate•ly, adv. in•an•i•mate•ness, in•an•i•ma•tion /ɪnˌænəˈmeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -anima-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•an•i•mate (in an′ə mit),USA pronunciation adj. - not animate; lifeless.
- spiritless;
sluggish;
dull. - Linguisticsbelonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting objects, concepts, and beings regarded as lacking perception and volition (opposed to animate).
- Late Latin inanimātus. See in-3, animate
- 1555–65
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inorganic, vegetable, mineral; inert, dead.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inactive, dormant, torpid.
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