adjective
- Chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert. (
- usage: "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
- Pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly. (
- Military) not involved in military operations.
- synonyms: nonoperational
- Not exerting influence or change.
- Of e. G. Volcanos. ( not erupting and not extinct )
- usage: "a dormant volcano"
- synonyms: dormant
- Lacking in energy or will."Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself- George Meredith
- synonyms: passive
- Lacking activity; lying idle or unused.
- usage: "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
- Not engaged in full-time work.
- usage: "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"
- Not active physically or mentally.
- usage: "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
- Not in physical motion.
- usage: "the inertia of an object at rest"
- synonyms: motionless, static, still
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