lifeless.

1. Dead, or containing no organisms.

2. Lacking energy, animation, or interest.

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Words that belong together

• a lifeless body
• a lifeless planet

On the page

The probe crossed a lifeless plain without finding so much as a trace of spores.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Literal biological sense normally non-gradable; figurative sense comparative more lifeless, superlative most lifeless. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, atmosphere. Commonness: moderately common.