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1. Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
   "an inanimate body";
   - breathless, pulseless
    
2. (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
   "the word 'car' is inanimate"
    
3. Not endowed with life
   "inanimate objects"; "the inorganic world is inanimate";
   - nonliving, non-living

See also: aliveness, animateness, dead, liveness, nonconscious

Antonym: animate

Encyclopedia: Inanimate