adjective
- not alive; lacking life or consciousness
- lacking energy, spirit, or liveliness
Examples
- Rocks and minerals are inanimate objects.
- The doll lay inanimate on the floor.
- Scientists study both animate and inanimate matter.
- His performance was surprisingly inanimate and boring.
- The statue remained perfectly inanimate in the garden.
- She spoke in an inanimate voice that showed no emotion.
- The classroom felt inanimate without any students present.