lifeless
/ˈlaɪfləs/adjective
उच्चारण लाइफ़्लस
निर्जीव, मृत, बेजान
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dead or appearing to be dead
निर्जीव, मृत, बेजान
- a lifeless body
- Rescuers found a lifeless bird beside the road.
- Rescuers pulled the lifeless child from the water.
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- The soldier lay lifeless on the ground.
- A lifeless hand dropped from the stretcher.
Synonyms dead inanimate deceased motionless
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not having living things
जीवनरहित, वीरान
- a lifeless desert
- The moon is a lifeless world of dust and rock.
- The rocky surface of Mars looks lifeless from here.
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- Scientists once thought the deep ocean was lifeless.
- Salt flats stretched in all directions, white and lifeless.
Synonyms barren desolate sterile uninhabited
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lacking the qualities that make something interesting and full of energy
नीरस, फीका
- a lifeless performance
- The speech was so lifeless that people began to yawn.
- The singer's voice sounded lifeless that evening.
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- The team gave a lifeless display in the second half.
- A lifeless lecture makes it hard to stay awake.
Synonyms dull flat lacklustre listless colourless
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lifeless (adjective, before or after a noun)
It can describe a dead body, a place with no living things, or something dull; it is used before a noun or after be/look/seem.
'Lifeless' मृत शरीर, निर्जीव स्थान या नीरस वस्तु के लिए आता है; यह noun से पहले या be/look/seem के बाद प्रयुक्त होता है।
- The rescuers found a lifeless body on the riverbank.
- The village looked lifeless in the afternoon heat.
lifeless + noun (dull performance)
Used for speech, writing or acting that lacks energy and feeling.
भाषण, लेखन या अभिनय में ऊर्जा और भावना की कमी बताने के लिए इसका प्रयोग होता है।
- His lifeless speech made the audience restless.
- The film had a lifeless script.
lifeless vs lifelike vs lively
Lifeless means without life; lifelike means looking real; lively means full of energy. Do not mix them.
'Lifeless' का अर्थ निर्जीव, 'lifelike' का अर्थ सजीव दिखने वाला और 'lively' का अर्थ ऊर्जा से भरा है; इन्हें आपस में न मिलाएँ।
- The statue was so lifelike that children thought it would move.
- After the floods, the fields lay lifeless.
lifelessly (adverb)
The adverb describes a movement or manner without energy.
Adverb रूप 'lifelessly' ऊर्जाहीन ढंग से होने वाली क्रिया बताता है।
- The flag hung lifelessly in the still air.
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lifeless + noun
bodyeyesplanetvoicelandscape
- The lifeless desert stretched to the horizon.
verb + lifeless
lookseemliefallhang
- The puppet hung lifeless from the nail.
adverb + lifeless
completelystrangelyalmostutterly
- The room felt strangely lifeless after the guests left.
lifeless + simile
as a stonelike a dolllike a rag doll
- She sat lifeless like a doll, staring at the wall.
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- The doctor said the child was lifeless when he reached the hospital.
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि अस्पताल पहुँचने पर बच्चे में जान नहीं थी।
- Scientists found the moon surface barren and lifeless.
वैज्ञानिकों ने चंद्रमा की सतह को बंजर और निर्जीव पाया।
- Radhika's lifeless handwriting showed how tired she was.
राधिका की नीरस लिखावट से पता चलता था कि वह कितनी थकी हुई थी।
- Without festival lights, the lane looked dark and lifeless.
त्योहार की रोशनी के बिना गली अँधेरी और सूनी लग रही थी।
- The team gave a lifeless performance in the second half.
टीम ने दूसरे हाफ में फीका प्रदर्शन किया।
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✗ Her lifelessly eyes stared at the wall.
✓ Her lifeless eyes stared at the wall.
Before a noun we need the adjective lifeless, not the adverb lifelessly.
Noun से पहले adjective 'lifeless' आता है, adverb 'lifelessly' नहीं।
✗ She wore a lifeless dress at the wedding, bright and shiny.
✓ She wore a lively dress at the wedding, bright and shiny.
Lifeless means dull or dead; for a bright, cheerful thing use lively.
'Lifeless' का अर्थ नीरस या निर्जीव है; चमकीली और खुशनुमा चीज़ के लिए 'lively' लिखें।
✗ The painting was so lifeless that it seemed to be breathing.
✓ The painting was so lifelike that it seemed to be breathing.
The sense needed is 'looking real', which is lifelike, the opposite of lifeless.
यहाँ अर्थ 'सजीव दिखने वाला' है, जिसके लिए 'lifelike' आता है, जो 'lifeless' का विलोम है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
All describe things without energy, but they differ in whether life is actually absent.
तीनों ऊर्जा की कमी बताते हैं, पर इस बात में अंतर है कि जीवन वास्तव में है या नहीं।
Dead, or without any living thing; also dull and without energy.
मृत या जीवरहित; साथ ही नीरस और ऊर्जाहीन।
- The lifeless planet had no water.
Not interesting or not bright; it never means dead.
रुचिहीन या फीका; इसका अर्थ कभी मृत नहीं होता।
- The lecture was dull.
A formal word for things that were never alive, such as stones.
ऐसी वस्तुओं के लिए औपचारिक शब्द जो कभी जीवित नहीं थीं, जैसे पत्थर।
- A stone is an inanimate object.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
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life·less
With the e of life kept (not 'lifless').
life का e बना रहता है ('lifless' गलत है)।
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Keep apart lifeless (dead, or dull) and lifelong (lasting all your life).
Lifeless (मृत, या नीरस) और lifelong (जीवन भर चलने वाला) को अलग रखिए।
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One-word substitution
Things that have no life, such as stones, are inanimate; a dead body is a corpse.
पत्थर जैसी निर्जीव चीज़ें inanimate; मृत शरीर corpse।