inorganic

Speech parts

1. inorganic - Noun

2. inorganic - Adjective

Meaning

Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate; as, all chemical compounds are inorganic substances.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mineral lifeless not organic formless dead artificial confused synthetic deceased extinct destructive chaotic inert indefinite elemental
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Antonyms

organic dapper being active chipper efficient
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Phrases with the word

inorganic sodium salt inorganic salts inorganic salt type of inorganic salt inorganic sodium salts inorganic contaminants

Examples

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, and emerges ahead of his accomplishments. John Steinbeck

We do not know what life is, and yet we manipulate it as if it were an inorganic salt solution... Erwin Chargaff

It seems, then, that the Greeks had not only derived from preceding nations, but had also, in some slight degree, deduced from their own observations, the theory of great periodical revolutions in the inorganic world. Charles Lyell

The theory of evolution is totally inadequate to explain the origin and manifestation of the inorganic world. John Ambrose Fleming

As life evolves it unbinds from the inorganic and interacts more with the organic. Kevin Kelly (editor)

The properties which differentiate living matter from any kind of inorganic imitation may be instinctively felt, but can hardly be formulated without expert knowledge. Oliver Lodge

Close letter words and terms

inordinately inordinateness inordination inorganic carbon inorganic chemical inorganic chemist