deadness

Noun

• the inanimate property of something that has died

• the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
  • he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls
    

• 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
  • she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
    
  • in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away