Inanimate object (5)
I believe the answer is:
thing
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">inanimate object</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for thing that I've seen before include "Individual unit" , "See 1" , "Affair - matter" , "A creature" , "Individual object" .)