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| 1. | [ adjective ] (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction | |
| Examples: | "desired amounts of inactive chlorine" |
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| Related terms: | unreactive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly | |
| Related terms: | active pathology latent quiescent dead-end indolent arrested | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not active or exerting influence | |
| Related terms: | active quiescent | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] lacking in energy or will | |
| Synonyms: | passive | |
| Examples: | "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith |
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| Related terms: | active hands-off resistless passivity | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not engaged in full-time work | |
| Examples: | "inactive reserve" (military) "an inactive member of the department" |
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| Related terms: | active military retired on_leave off off | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive | |
| Synonyms: | dormant | |
| Examples: | "a dormant volcano" |
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| Related terms: | extinct active quiescent dormancy | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive | |
| Synonyms: | extinct | |
| Examples: | "an extinct volcano" |
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| Related terms: | dormant active dead extinction | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] temporarily inactive | |
| Synonyms: | suspended in_abeyance abeyant | |
| Related terms: | delayed | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] not in physical motion | |
| Synonyms: | still motionless static at_rest | |
| Examples: | "the inertia of an object at rest" |
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| Related terms: | nonmoving | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (military) not engaged in military action | |
| Synonyms: | reserve | |
| Related terms: | nonoperational | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] lacking activity; lying idle or unused | |
| Examples: | "an inactive mine" "inactive accounts" "inactive machinery" |
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| Related terms: | active idle dull dark strikebound dead closed inaction | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] not active physically or mentally | |
| Examples: | "illness forced him to live an inactive life" "dreamy and inactive by nature" |
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| Related terms: | active sedentary hypoactive inert desk-bound dormant lethargic activeness | |
| Similar spelling: |
incitive inactivate inchoative incite inactivity inciter instructive incident inaction incidence instil instigate insatiate incitement instilment incidental instinctive institute instigative instill ingathering instillment instinct insatiable |
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