Unalive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌʌn.əˈlaɪv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unalive is an adjective meaning Not alive; dead or inanimate.
Meaning
Not alive; dead or inanimate.
More Meanings
- Lacking vivacity and liveliness; dull or sterile.
- Lacking energy and feeling; passionless; mechanical.
- Lacking a fulfilling life; meaningless.
- (often with "to") Lacking consciousness; unresponsive, indifferent or oblivious.
- One who is unalive.
- (transitive, proscribed) To make unalive; to kill, especially oneself; to commit suicide.
- (intransitive, proscribed) To die.
Example Sentences
Near-synonym: nonlive
Yellow Kang the last believed unalive. Reason not known.
She was amazed that he wasn't changed , that he wasn't hurt , or perhaps utterly unalive , murdered .
I wait for them to droop as in a natural cycle. But they are stubbornly unalive and therefore unwilting.
Word Forms
- unalives
- unaliving
- unalived
Synonyms for unalive
Depending on context, synonyms include nonlive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unliving, inanimated, non-living, unlivened, inanimate, nonlive.
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