lifelessness

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lifelessness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lifeless \Life"less\, a.
     Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or
     inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or
     apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless
     carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine;
     a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. --
     Life"less*ness, n.
  
     Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;
          dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless;
          vapid; flat; tasteless.
  
     Usage: Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral
            sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy;
            inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that
            may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which
            checks all mental activity; dead supposes a
            destitution of feeling. A person is said to be
            lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had;
            he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally
            wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
            deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral
            sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of
            his nature.
            [1913 Webster]

  lifelessness \life"less*ness\ n.
     not having life.
  
     Syn: inanimateness.
          [WordNet 1.5]

lifelessness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lifelessness
      n 1: a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness
           of a marble statue" [syn: motionlessness, stillness,
           lifelessness] [ant: motion]
      2: not having life [syn: inanimateness, lifelessness] [ant:
         aliveness, animateness, liveness]