unaliveadj.
/ˌʌnəˈlʌɪv/, U.S. /ˌənəˈlaɪv/ 1. Not fully susceptible or awake to something.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected
dead1340
unsmittenc1400
unmovedc1480
unkindleda1525
senseless1560
lumpish1585
unfired1590
unaffectedc1595
incapable1601
unsensible1611
insensible1615
untouched1616
impervious1618
unanswering1632
untransported1641
beauty-proof1676
insensate1726
unsusceptible1734
uninfluenced1735
unimbued1813
unsmote1814
unsusceptive1825
unalive1828
echoless1869
non-conducting1871
unsusceptible1872
irresponsive1886
affectless1912
1828 L. Hunt Ld. Byron & Some Contemp. (ed. 2) I. 377 Dry, mechanical theorists, unalive to sentiment and fancy.
1855 W. Bagehot Lit. Stud. (1879) I. 16 An experienced and erudite Frenchman, not unalive to artistic effect.
1893 G. Allen Scallywag III. 9 He was not unalive to the advantages of keeping up his dormant connection.
2. Lacking in vitality; not living. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation
deadOE
lifelessOE
unquickc1475
exanimate?c1550
flat1604
unsprighty1607
spiritless1609
dead-alive1617
fireless1647
uninformed1709
inanimate1713
unanimated1734
nerveless1735
inanimated1753
dispirited1758
dead and alive1863
unalive1905
pepless1909
zipless1922
soggy1928
undead1936
1905 M. Dods Let. 14 Apr. (1911) 176 How you can think yourself empty and unalive I don't know.
1925 W. Deeping Three Rooms ii The girl was so flame-like and yet so unalive.
1931 H. Walpole Judith Paris ii. v. 338 All the members of the Herries family, with whom she had so lately been, seemed unreal and unalive.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. x. 209 The street reflected the blind windows and a strip of unalive wet sky.
1954 R. Speaight George Eliot iv. 51 The true criticism of Stephen is not that he is unattractive but that he is unalive.
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adj.1828