deadness

adjective

1. no longer living; having died
2. naturally without life; inanimate: dead stones
3. such as to suggest death; deathlike: a dead faint
4. lacking positive qualities, as of warmth, vitality, interest, brightness, brilliance, etc.: a dead handshake, a dead party, a dead white
5. wholly indifferent; insensible: dead to love
6. without feeling, motion, or power: his arm hung dead at his side
7. 1. not burning; extinguished: dead coals
   2. extinct: a dead volcano
8. characterized by little or no movement or activity; slack, stagnant, etc.: dead water
9. designating an axle that supports but does not drive a wheel
10. having lost resilience or elasticity: a dead tennis ball
11. no longer used or significant; obsolete: dead languages, dead laws
12. 1. not fertile; barren: dead soil
    2. not yielding a return; unproductive: dead capital
13. certain as death; unerring; sure: a dead shot
14. exact; precise: dead center
15. complete; total; absolute: a dead stop
16. unvarying; undeviating: dead level
17. Informal very tired; exhausted
18. Elec.
    1. having no current passing through: a dead wire
    2. having lost its charge: a dead battery
19. Printing set, but no longer needed for use: dead type
20. Sports
    1. no longer in play: a dead ball
    2. barred by a game's rules from making a particular play

noun

adverb

1. completely; absolutely: dead right
2. directly: dead ahead