deadness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun 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
noun the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
noun the inanimate property of something that has died

From dead + -ness.

How can I breathe in this deadness? — Hungry Hearts, Anzia Yezierska
The Church, too, was in a condition of spiritual deadness. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
I was beginning to realise the absolute deadness of this woman. — Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel, Thomas William Lawson

unresponsiveness

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