Deadness - Definition
deadness
n 1: 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";
"in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped
away" [syn: unresponsiveness, deadness] [ant:
responsiveness]
2: the physical property of something that has lost its
elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls"
3: the inanimate property of something that has died