1. inanimate - Noun
2. inanimate - Adjective
3. inanimate - Verb
4. inanimate - Adjective Satellite
To animate.
Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all. William Dean Howells
A world full of happiness is not beyond human power to create; the obstacles imposed by inanimate nature are not insuperable. The real obstacles lie in the heart of man, and the cure for these is a firm hope, informed and fortified by thought. Bertrand Russell
Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them. Cassandra Clare
Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in ultimate service to a living whole. Edith Stein
Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material. Michael Behe
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Russell Baker