inanimate

英[ɪn'ænɪmət] 美[ɪn'ænɪmət]

1. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things;

"the word `car' is inanimate"

2. not endowed with life;

"the inorganic world is inanimate"

"inanimate objects"

"dead stones"

3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;

"an inanimate body"

"pulseless and dead"