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1) (used of a lifeless thing, or of an animal or a baby when the sex is unknown or unimportant) the thing mentioned (it)

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Meaning:
anaemic

unhealthy because of anemia, pale

feeble

aseptic

(of wounds etc) free from infection (disease germs)

sterile

boring

(of talk, behaviour, work etc) causing a person to lose interest and feel tired

uninteresting

dead

(of people, animals, plants) no longer living

no longer alive

deceased

the person who has recently died

dead

defunct

(of a law, method etc) no longer used

extinct, not functioning

extinct

no longer burning or active; no longer in existence

dead, obsolete

humdrum

dull because too ordinary

boring, uneventful

inanimate

lifeless; without interest; dull

not alive, not organic

inorganic

not having an organized physical structure, especially as plants and animals have

not organic

insipid

without taste or flavour, without interest, spirit

dull, uninteresting

listless

too tired to show interest or do anything

spiritless, without energy

mechanical

of, connected with, produced by, machines; (of a person, action) done like machines (as if) without thought

done by machine; machinelike

mineral

of, containing, mixed with, minerals; any natural substance (not vegetable and animal) got from the ground by mining

not alive, not organic

pallid

pale; looking ill

pale

phlegmatic

calm and unemotional (about trouble)

unemotional

ponderous

slow and heavy; (of written style) serious and dull

heavy, cumbersome

prosaic

dull; uninteresting; commonplace

unimaginative

shiftless

lazy (the usual word)

lazy

sluggish

not very active; slow-moving

dull, slow-moving

spiritless

not having or showing spirit

depressed

stagnant

(of water) not moving (and so not fresh); inactive

motionless, dirty

still

without movement or sound; not having bubbles; (of an action, situation) continuing as in the past; a quiet and calm atmosphere

calm, motionless, quiet

tedious

long, tiring and not interesting

dull, monotonous

unimaginative

not having, using, imagination

dull, predictable

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LIFELESS as in Wikipedia