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
In it, Noelle Al Saffan, a police department receptionist, pushes back against sexism and police indifference investigating the discovery of the lifeless body of a teen girl in the desert.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
The Gala is lifeless, and not in the fun death-y way the Addams family loves.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
But clarity that lives only in a document is lifeless.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Family members mourn over their small, lifeless bodies, including a toddler wearing a grey onesie with a dinosaur print.
—Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
The Gala is lifeless, and not in the fun death-y way the Addams family loves.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
But clarity that lives only in a document is lifeless.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Family members mourn over their small, lifeless bodies, including a toddler wearing a grey onesie with a dinosaur print.
—Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeless
Adjective
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There were flies in the kitchen and dead bugs in a utility sink.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Fine dead fuels throughout the fire area hit moistures of extinction while the heavy dead and down continued to smolder.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That’s what the lesson here is for me, to treat others with respect and kindness, to honor the wishes of the fallen, and to have this dream of a better future.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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Members of the New York Yankees were given permission by MLB to wear FDNY and NYPD hats tonight, honoring the fallen first responders of 9/11.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers from the Center for Whale Research, SeaDoc Society and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance confirmed the female calf was deceased, with its umbilical cord still attached when spotted in Rosario Strait near the San Juan Islands.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors had tried pointing to two cases – the 1994 shooting of a van full of Hasidic yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the 1997 shooting from the observation deck of the Empire State Building – as terroristic acts that ended with just one deceased victim.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Lifeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeless. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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