1.
If a person or animal is ~, they are dead, or are so still that they appear to be dead.
Their cold-blooded killers had then dragged their ~ bodies upstairs to the bathroom...
ADJ
2.
If you describe an object or a machine as ~, you mean that they are not living things, even though they may resemble living things.
It was made of plaster, hard and white and ~, bearing no resemblance to human flesh.
ADJ
3.
A ~ place or area does not have anything living or growing there at all.
Dry stone walls may appear stark and ~, but they provide a valuable habitat for plants and animals.
ADJ
4.
If you describe a person, or something such as an artistic performance or a town as ~, you mean they lack any lively or exciting qualities.
...a ~ portrait of an elderly woman.
ADJ disapproval