inanimate
inanimate
Definition
in·ani·mate (in an′ə mit)
adjective
- not animate; not endowed with (animal) life
- not animated; dull; spiritless
Etymology: LL inanimatus
in·an′i·mately adverb
in·an′i·mate·ness noun or in·an′i·ma′·tion
inanimate
Synonyms
inanimate
modif.
inanimate
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- object: Even inanimate objects can enter into the random spirit.
- matter: These passages present creation, whether by speech or act, as the work of God on the inanimate matter of the universe.
- nature: The tangible can, simply by virtue of its inanimate nature, unlock the meaning of the intangible.
- thing: The decision may affect the world of inanimate things for which we have a special affinity.
- world: Nor is God just concerned with the inanimate world.
- body: I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.
Modifying Another Word
- even: Even inanimate objects can enter into the random spirit.
- not: What if they are not inanimate objects, as people in the West have been taught to believe, but rather living presences?
- largely: Indeed, tho largely inanimate - with the exception of a few jerky automatons - many of the figures are extremely lifelike.
- almost: He did not see his old mother, who had fallen back almost inanimate upon a bench.
inanimate Quotes
Unfortunately, computers arestupid.Unlike human beings, computers possess the truly profound stupidity of the inanimate.
Browse dictionary entries near inanimate
- inane
- inamorata
- inalterable
- inalienable
- -inae
- inadvisedly
- inadvisable
- inadvertently
- inadvertent
- inadvertence
- inanition
- inanity
- inapparent
- inappeasable
- inappetence
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappreciable
- inappreciative
- inapprehensible
