inactive

Meanings

Plural: inactives

Adjective Satellite

• (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
  • "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
• not in physical motion

Adjective

• (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
• (military) not involved in military operations
• not exerting influence or change
• (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
• lacking in energy or will; - George Meredith
• lacking activity; lying idle or unused
  • "an inactive mine"
  • "inactive accounts"
  • "inactive machinery"
• not engaged in full-time work
  • "inactive reserve"
  • "an inactive member"
• not active physically or mentally
  • "illness forced him to live an inactive life"
  • "dreamy and inactive by nature"

Adj

• Not active, temporarily or permanently.
• Not engaging in physical activity.
• Not functioning or operating; broken down
• Retired from duty or service.
• Relatively inert.
• Showing no optical activity in polarized light.

Noun

• A person who does not take action.

Synonyms

abeyant, at rest, cessant, dormant, dull, fallow, idle, inactive, inert, languid, latent, motionless, nonactive, nonoperational, passive, quiescent, sedent, sedentary, silent, slow, static, still, suspended, torpid, unactive, unbusy, unemployed, unoccupied

Antonyms

active, antonym(s) of, in action, operational

Related Words

delayed

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