Added 9 October 2026
deadness
/ˈdɛdnəs/ noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about deadness at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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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.
she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
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The physical property of something that has lost its elasticity.
he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls
- The inanimate property of something that has died.