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inanimate
/ɪnˈænɪmət/
noun
Something that is not alive.
verb
To animate.
adjective
Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
(grammar) Not animate.
Antonymsanimate
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