Lifeless
Lifeless adjective - No longer living.
Useful and lifeless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Useful" instead an adjective "Lifeless".
Nearby Words: life, lifelessly
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Stargate Universe averts this and Human Aliens by having most worlds visited barren and lifeless and mostly only good for picking up the one or two useful natural resources before moving on.
Source: All Planets Are Earth-Like -
Doing this is fairly rare, as creating a Lifeless is moderately expensive (since you can't reclaim the Breath used to animate it, plus you need special chemicals for best effect) and humans are far more useful in most circumstances.
Source: Raising the Steaks -
Animated dead (called Lifeless) are particularly useful, however — ordinary Awakened objects can just be given one command, which they will then fulfill mindlessly, whereas Lifeless can be "programmed" to perform more complex tasks.
Source: Animate Dead
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