undead

adjective

1. no longer alive but animated by a supernatural force, as a vampire or zombie.

noun

2. (used with a plural verb) undead beings collectively (usually preceded by the).

adjective

1. 1. (of a fictional being, such as a vampire) technically dead but reanimated
   2. (as collective noun; preceded by the)the undead

adj.“neither dead nor alive,” c.1400, from un- (1) “not” + dead. As a noun meaning “vampires and such,” from 1904.