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Recent Examples of lifelessness
Periodically, the group returns to such a state of paradoxical lifelessness, dragged by a partner or semi-mechanically traversing the stage as an automaton might.
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Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Canales answered to the lifelessness in his postgame presser.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Canales answered to the lifelessness in his postgame presser.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifelessness
Noun
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Emergency responders say the toddler's death is a tragic reminder of how dangerous the water is, especially at this time of year when peak water flows are being recorded.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Leach's final coaching stop was at Mississippi State before his death in December 2022.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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The Navy helped turn one of the few places where its dead still rest in view of the living into a recreation stop.—
Jon Duffy,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
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His remains showed clear signs of cannibalism, confirming early Inuit reports of desperate crew members resorting to eating their dead.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Did the baby’s livingness make Tomm’s deadness louder?—
Maria Zorn,
Longreads,
24 Feb. 2026
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There is, in the end, a deadness to its clichés about writers and their subjects.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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The effects appeared partly independent of weight loss and were associated with lower mortality risk, though the analysis doesn’t prove the drug slows the aging process itself.—
Madison Muller,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lifelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifelessness. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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