lifelessly
adverb
lifelessness
noun
Examples of lifeless in a Sentence
a cold and lifeless landscape
The book's plot was lifeless and predictable.
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Disregard the packet’s rigid instructions — boiling them for exactly two minutes risks either a limp, lifeless tangle or an unpleasantly chewy bite.
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The Learning Network, New York Times, 20 May 2025
How can someone who created those songs put out something as lifeless as this?
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 May 2025
The rooms are immaculate but lifeless, albeit with a surfeit of gold leaf.
—Peter Rutland, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
Not from the realm of the dead, of course, but from the realm of the lifeless.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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The Learning Network, New York Times, 20 May 2025
How can someone who created those songs put out something as lifeless as this?
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 May 2025
The rooms are immaculate but lifeless, albeit with a surfeit of gold leaf.
—Peter Rutland, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
Not from the realm of the dead, of course, but from the realm of the lifeless.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lifeless
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“Lifeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifeless. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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