Meaning

2 senses
  1. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.

  2. Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.

Origin

From non- + animate.

From non- + animate.

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Forms

more non-animate, most non-animate
Comparativemore non-animate Lesson
Superlativemost non-animate Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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