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inanimate

/ɪnˈænɪmət/
noun
  1. Something that is not alive.

verb
  1. To animate.

adjective
  1. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.

  2. Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.

  3. (grammar) Not animate.

Synonymsinsensate, insentient, lifeless, non-animate, immobile, motionless
Antonymsanimate

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