dead

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

• “the nerve is dead”
• “a dead pallor”
• “he was marked as a dead man by the assassin”

not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

• “Mars is a dead planet”
• “a dead battery”
• “dead soil”
• “dead coals”
• “the fire is dead”

very tired

• “was all in at the end of the day”
• “so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere”
• “bushed after all that exercise”
• “I”

unerringly accurate

• “a dead shot”
• “took dead aim”

physically inactive

• “Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range”

total

• “dead silence”
• “utter seriousness”

not endowed with life

• “the inorganic world is inanimate”
• “inanimate objects”
• “dead stones”

(followed by `to'') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

• “passersby were dead to our plea for help”
• “numb to the cries for mercy”

devoid of physical sensation; numb

• “his gums were dead from the novocain”
• “she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth”
• “a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities”

lacking acoustic resonance

• “dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs”
• “the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio”

not yielding a return

• “dead capital”
• “idle funds”

not circulating or flowing

• “dead air”
• “dead water”
• “stagnant water”

out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

• “a dead telephone line”
• “the motor is dead”

not surviving in active use

• “Latin is a dead language”

lacking resilience or bounce

• “a dead tennis ball”

no longer in force or use; inactive

• “a defunct (or dead) law”
• “a defunct organization”

no longer having force or relevance

• “a dead issue”

sudden and complete

• “came to a dead stop”

drained of electric charge; discharged

• “a dead battery”
• “left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained”

lacking animation or excitement or activity

• “the party being dead we left early”
• “it was a lifeless party until she arrived”

devoid of activity

• “this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here”

people who are no longer living

• “they buried the dead”

a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

• “the dead of winter”

quickly and without warning

• “he stopped suddenly”

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

• “an absolutely magnificent painting”
• “a perfectly idiotic idea”
• “you”
• “;”
• “;”
• “;”
• “;”