English Explanatory Dictionary

non-animate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.

Pronunciation

/nɔnˈænɪmeɪ̯t/

Word forms

non-animate more non-animate most non-animate

Etymology

From non- + animate.

Synonyms

immobile motionless inanimate lifeless insentient insensate
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