"inanimate" in the adjective sense
1. inanimate
belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
"the word `car' is inanimate"
2. inanimate, nonliving, non-living
not endowed with life
"the inorganic world is inanimate"
"inanimate objects"
3. breathless, inanimate, pulseless
appearing dead not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
"an inanimate body"
"pulseless and dead"
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