1. (

• inanimate ,

) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate" ;

2. (

• inanimate ,
• nonliving ,
• non-living

) not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects" ;

3. (

• breathless ,
• inanimate ,
• pulseless

) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" ;