not animate; lifeless.

spiritless; sluggish; dull.

Linguistics . belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting objects, concepts, and beings regarded as lacking perception and volition ( opposed to animate ).

adjective

animate , living

adjective

azoic , cold , dead , defunct , dull , exanimate , extinct , idle , inactive , inert , inoperative , insensate , insentient , lifeless , mineral , motionless , nonanimal , nonvegetable , quiescent , soulless , spiritless , flat , inorganic , insensible , stolid , unfeeling