inorganic

adjective

Involving neither organic life nor the products of organic life.

adjective

Not composed of organic matter.

adjective

Of or relating to compounds not containing hydrocarbon groups or derivatives.

adjective

Not arising in normal growth; artificial.

adjective

Lacking system or structure.

Not organic; not organized; specifically, not having that organization which characterizes living bodies. See organic and organism.

Not produced by vital processes: as, an inorganic compound.

In philology, of unintended or accidental origin; not normally developed: as, the distinctions of lead and led, of man and men, of was and were, which are of phonetic origin; or the i of Fr. vient (Latin venit), as compared with that of mais (Latin magis).

adjective

Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate.