What is the meaning of inanimate?

Belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things.
- usage: "the word `car' is inanimate"
Not endowed with life.
- usage: "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"
- synonyms: nonliving, non-living
Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse.
- usage: "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
- synonyms: breathless, pulseless

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APA	WordNet. (2010). inanimate. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/inanimate/definitions/1176314
Chicago	WordNet. 2010. "inanimate" http://smartdefine.org/inanimate/definitions/1176314 (accessed September 20, 2026).
Harvard	WordNet 2010, inanimate, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/inanimate/definitions/1176314>.
MLA	WordNet. "inanimate" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/inanimate/definitions/1176314>

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