inanimate

A stone is an inanimate object.

inanimate objects like stones.

he was completely inanimate and it was difficult to see if he was breathing.

The wordcar is inanimate; the word dog is animate.

early peoples worshiping animate and inanimate objects.

Fomite. An inanimate object that is contaminated with infectious agents.

Indirectly through inanimate fomites (objects). Examples are staphylococcal infection, streptococcal infection, colds, hospital-acquired wound infections through use of improperly sterilized items.