as in dead
no longer living
the kayaker's lifeless body was found just downstream of the rapids where he had capsized
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Recent Examples of lifeless
Brian McCall wrote he was called around 7:26 a.m. March 19 to the Willows Apartments on the 400 block of Clark Road in Gary where Howell was found lifeless, lying face up on the sidewalk.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
The Florida Panthers could have rendered Tampa Bay nearly nearly as lifeless in their NHL series, as hopeless, but gave them life instead.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Gomez, 38, was found lifeless, lying in bed under the covers.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
What was once a quiet, natural landscape is now a stark, lifeless installation of metal and wire.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
The Florida Panthers could have rendered Tampa Bay nearly nearly as lifeless in their NHL series, as hopeless, but gave them life instead.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Gomez, 38, was found lifeless, lying in bed under the covers.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
What was once a quiet, natural landscape is now a stark, lifeless installation of metal and wire.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeless
Adjective
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Despite life-saving efforts, the pedestrian was pronounced dead.—
Khaleda Rahman
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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O'Keefe was pronounced dead at a local hospital two hours later, with his cause of death later ruled blunt impact injuries to the head and hypothermia.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Musk has falsely claimed that millions of Americans who are deceased are still receiving Social Security checks.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Granted, all of the main subjects—Joan, John, their parents, Q, Joan’s brother, the psychiatrists—are deceased.—
Evelyn McDonnell
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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“Lifeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeless. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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