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Inactive
//ɪnˈæktɪv// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not active, temporarily or permanently.
"The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant."
- 2 Not engaging in physical activity.
"[…] exercise in general will lead to dramatic improvements in comparison with an inactive lifestyle."
- 3 Not functioning or operating; broken down
"The photocopier is inactive pending repair."
- 4 Retired from duty or service.
"Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list."
- 5 Relatively inert.
"Aluminium is inactive towards water."
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- 6 Showing no optical activity in polarized light.
"Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form."
Adjective
- 1 not active physically or mentally wordnet
- 2 not engaged in full-time work wordnet
- 3 lacking activity; lying idle or unused wordnet
- 4 (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly wordnet
- 5 lacking in energy or will wordnet
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- 6 (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct wordnet
- 7 not exerting influence or change wordnet
- 8 not in physical motion wordnet
- 9 (military) not involved in military operations wordnet
- 10 (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert wordnet
Noun
- 1 A person who does not take action.
"Typically inactives are poorly educated older women. Their lack of education is overwhelmingly the key factor in assigning the inactives to a life devoid of political activity of any sort."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French inactif. See also earlier unactive.
Etymology 2
From French inactif. See also earlier unactive.
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