Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate; as, all chemical compounds are inorganic substances
Inorganic substances are substances such as stone and metal that do not come from living things. roofing made from organic and inorganic fibres. organic. not consisting of anything that is living
(1) not composed of organic matter, especially mineral; (2) involving neither organic life nor the products of organic life; (3) not arising in normal growth, artificial
relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis; "hydrochloric and sulfuric acids are called inorganic substances" lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms
Pertaining to or composed of chemical compounds which do not contain carbon as the principal element, i e , matter which does not come from plants or animals The opposite is organic