Nonliving (Adjective)
Meaning
Not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Rocks are examples of nonliving objects found in nature.
- Nonliving components, such as soil and water, also support plant life.
- Plants depend on both living and nonliving elements for their survival.
- Many of the fossils were discovered among the nonliving mineral deposits in the caves.
- Bacteria thrive on the surfaces of both living and nonliving substances in their ecosystem.