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# lifeless

«lifeless» in Mova's school dictionary: **dead, or never having had life** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (lifeless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lifeless means dead, or never having had life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#m1)

2) Lifeless means with no living things, like a lifeless planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#m2)

3) Lifeless can mean dull, without energy or excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science: the Moon is lifeless; in stories: a lifeless body is a sad or scary detail; in English lessons: a lifeless voice or story is boring.

### examples

- The bird lay lifeless on the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#x1)
- Mars seems to be a lifeless planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#x2)
- The desert looked lifeless, but many animals hid under the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#x3)
- Her voice was flat and lifeless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#x4)
- The doll's lifeless eyes stared at me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#x5)
- Add more detail so your story isn't lifeless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#x6)
- He sat lifeless on the steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/#x7)

### note

Made from «life» + «-less» (without). Opposite: lively, alive, full of life. No comparative is usually needed. It is gentler to say «not alive» to small children.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lifeless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.