Inanition (Noun)
Meaning 1
Exhaustion resulting from lack of food.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- After days without a steady supply of food, the famine victims succumbed to inanimation.
- Weakened by the days spent adrift, she battled the inanimation that came from starvation.
- His once robust frame was now gaunt and frail due to the prolonged inanimation brought about by extreme hunger.
- The trek across the desert was grueling and their inanimation due to dehydration and hunger made each step a struggle.
- As the siege dragged on, the once thriving city was plagued by the ravages of inanimation, leaving the remaining inhabitants vulnerable to disease.
Meaning 2
Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- After a month of battling a severe illness, the patient succumbed to inanition, barely having the strength to lift a spoon.
- Years of isolation had taken a toll on the old man's physical and mental health, leaving him a shell of his former self, crippled by inanition.
- As the drought continued to plague the land, the once-thriving crops withered away, slowly succumbing to the devastating effects of inanition.
- Malnutrition had caused a widespread state of inanition among the refugee children, their frail bodies unable to cope with the relentless challenges they faced.
- A life of idleness and luxury had bred an unhealthy state of inanition in the young prince, leaving him soft and ill-prepared to assume his royal duties.