2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Deadness  \Dead"ness\,  n. 
  The  state  of  being  destitute  of  life,  vigor,  spirit, 
  activity,  etc.;  dullness;  inertness;  languor;  coldness; 
  vapidness;  indifference;  as  the  deadness  of  a  limb,  a  body, 
  or  a  tree;  the  deadness  of  an  eye;  deadness  of  the 
  affections;  the  deadness  of  beer  or  cider;  deadness  to  the 
  world,  and  the  like 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  deadness 
  n  1:  the  physical  property  of  something  that  has  lost  its 
  elasticity;  "he  objected  to  the  deadness  of  the  tennis 
  balls" 
  2:  the  inanimate  property  of  something  that  has  died 

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