Here comes inaction and we don't know how to stop it.
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Inaction
//ɪnˈækʃən//
Synonyms for "inaction" (68 found)
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Related words (34)
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2 entriesRelated terms
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2 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπραξία noun (lack of action or activity)
Armenian
1 entries- անգործություն noun (lack of action or activity)
Belarusian
3 entries- бяздзе́йнасць noun (lack of action or activity)
- бясчы́ннасць noun (lack of action or activity)
- нячы́ннасць noun (lack of action or activity)
Bulgarian
1 entries- безде́йствие noun (lack of action or activity)
Catalan
1 entries- inacció noun (lack of action or activity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不作為 /不作为 noun (lack of action or activity)
Czech
1 entries- nečinnost noun (lack of action or activity)
Esperanto
1 entries- senagado noun (lack of action or activity)
Finnish
1 entries- toimettomuus noun (lack of action or activity)
French
1 entries- inaction noun (lack of action or activity)
German
4 entries- Nichtstun noun (lack of action or activity)
- Tatenlosigkeit noun (lack of action or activity)
- Trägheit noun (lack of action or activity)
- Untätigkeit noun (lack of action or activity)
Greek
2 entries- αδράνεια noun (lack of action or activity)
- απραξία noun (lack of action or activity)
Hungarian
1 entries- tétlenség noun (lack of action or activity)
Italian
1 entries- inazione noun (lack of action or activity)
Polish
1 entries- bezczynność noun (lack of action or activity)
Portuguese
1 entries- inação noun (lack of action or activity)
Romanian
1 entries- inacțiune noun (lack of action or activity)
Russian
1 entries- безде́йствие noun (lack of action or activity)
Slovak
1 entries- nečinnosť noun (lack of action or activity)
Slovene
2 entries- nedejavnost noun (lack of action or activity)
- nedelavnost noun (lack of action or activity)
Spanish
1 entries- inacción noun (lack of action or activity)
Swedish
1 entries- overksamhet noun (lack of action or activity)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бездія́льність noun (lack of action or activity)
- безчи́нність noun (lack of action or activity)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the WHO is "deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction."
Source: tatoeba (8607926)
If we prevaricate and postpone this issue, the committee can continue to hide behind its inaction.
Source: tatoeba (10076668)
Inaction can be deadlier than action.
Source: tatoeba (11005595)
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