lifelessness

Definition of lifelessnessnext
as in death
the state of being dead the sight of her husband's corpse, in all of its embalmed lifelessness, was heartbreaking

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Recent Examples of lifelessness But now, without its beloved owner, an undertone of lifelessness lingers. Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026 Canales answered to the lifelessness in his postgame presser. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • MacEgan family speaks in court Before Abril was formally sentenced, the court allowed the MacEgan family to speak about the impact of these crimes and the family patriarch’s death.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • In Dallas-Fort Worth, there were 104,378 births and 53,559 deaths, which means 50,819 of the area’s new residents were a result of natural population change.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Platte County Sheriff’s Office has released more details into Sunday’s fiery car crash in rural Platte County that left one Park Hill High School senior dead.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In summer 2022, a fight near The Bean in Millennium Park ended in a shooting that left a 16-year-old dead.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There is, in the end, a deadness to its clichés about writers and their subjects.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
  • But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Expanding doula care, experts say, is a relatively inexpensive way to help reduce maternal mortality, which kills Black mothers like Stewart at a rate more than three times higher than white women.
    Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Hospitals that smooth elective admissions report meaningful reductions in mortality.
    Eugene Litvak, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Lifelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifelessness. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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