deadness

Noun
  1. The quality of being unresponsive;
    Not reacting;
    As a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events (synset 105220469)
    "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away"
    is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
    subtypes:
    • frigidity, frigidness - sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse
    • resistance - the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
    same as: unresponsiveness
  2. The physical property of something that has lost its elasticity (synset 105030570)
    "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls"
    is a type of: inelasticity - the lack of elasticity
  3. The inanimate property of something that has died (synset 105013703)
    is a type of: inanimateness, lifelessness - not having life

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