Definitions

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  • noun A state of being that is not life (but may resemble it).

Etymologies

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un- +‎ life

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Examples

  • My longest running WoW character, for example, was a female undead Warlock, and her best friend was another Warlock Priestess who began her "unlife" on the same day.

    Virtual Transvestitism: An Introduction 2006

  • Wed, May 19, 2010, 12: 01 am PDT fanged friends would probably have never been brought to "unlife" without

    The Spark of Yahoo! 2010

  • Wed, May 19, 2010, 12: 01 am PDT fanged friends would probably have never been brought to "unlife" without

    The Spark of Yahoo! 2010

  • He talks too, of the 'unlife' world in which the resources of nature are exhausted or extinct.

    infinite thØught 2009

  • Phil is rarely seen outside of the Highland Towers, preferring not to risk his unlife away from the ironclad protection of his mystic wards.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Winter knew that what I really want in unlife is to have a good enemy, someone to plot against.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Liberal environmentalism is about using whatever blah blah blah to kneecap industry and then hang it out to dry in a dull dry August wind until it returns to unlife in zombie form.

    Matthew Yglesias » Bartlett: New Deal Failed Because It Wasn’t Big Enough 2009

  • After fifty years of unlife, Knights may petition to leave the service of their rightful masters, but they are only allowed one offspring.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Offspring in whom I see the potential for becoming beings who will keep my unlife . . . interesting.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • After twenty-five years of unlife, unless their sire releases them earlier, Kings and Lords may petition the Council to establish their own households.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

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