inanimate
adjective/ɪnˈænɪmət/
/ɪnˈænɪmət/
- not alive in the way that people, animals and plants are
- A rock is an inanimate object.
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- dead or appearing to be dead
- A man was lying inanimate on the floor.
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin inanimatus ‘lifeless’, from in- ‘not’ + animatus, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.
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