non-animate
English
Etymology
non- + animate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈænɪmət/
Adjective
non-animate (comparative more non-animate, superlative most non-animate)
- Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
- Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
Synonyms
- (unable to move): immobile, motionless
- (not alive): inanimate, lifeless, insentient, insensate