inanimate (adj.)

  1. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; the word `car' is inanimate'

  2. not endowed with life; the inorganic world is inanimate; inanimate objects

    [ Syn: nonliving , non-living ]

  3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; an inanimate body; pulseless and dead

    [ Syn: breathless , pulseless ]

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