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in·ac·tive
(ĭn-ăk′tĭv)adj.
1. Not active or tending to be active: inactive students at risk for gaining weight.
2.
a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery.
b. Not being in continuous use or operation: an inactive brokerage account.
3. Retired from duty or service: inactive military personnel.
4. Chemistry Not readily participating in chemical reactions; inert.
5. Medicine Marked by the absence or lessening of disease activity.
6. Physics Showing no optical activity in polarized light.
in·ac′tive·ly adv.
in′ac·tiv′i·ty, in·ac′tive·ness n.
Synonyms: inactive, idle, inert, dormant, latent, quiescent
These adjectives mean not involved in or disposed to movement or activity. Inactive indicates absence of activity: retired but not inactive; an inactive factory. Idle refers to persons who are not doing anything or are not busy: employees who were idle because of the strike. It also refers to what is not in use or operation: idle machinery. Inert describes things powerless to move themselves or to produce a desired effect; applied to persons, it implies lethargy or sluggishness, especially of mind or spirit: "The Honorable Mrs. Jamieson ... was fat and inert, and very much at the mercy of her old servants" (Elizabeth C. Gaskell).
Dormant refers to a state of suspended activity but often implies the possibility of renewal: dormant feelings of affection. What is latent is present but not evident: latent ability. Quiescent sometimes—but not always—suggests temporary inactivity: "For a time, he [the whale] lay quiescent" (Herman Melville).
These adjectives mean not involved in or disposed to movement or activity. Inactive indicates absence of activity: retired but not inactive; an inactive factory. Idle refers to persons who are not doing anything or are not busy: employees who were idle because of the strike. It also refers to what is not in use or operation: idle machinery. Inert describes things powerless to move themselves or to produce a desired effect; applied to persons, it implies lethargy or sluggishness, especially of mind or spirit: "The Honorable Mrs. Jamieson ... was fat and inert, and very much at the mercy of her old servants" (Elizabeth C. Gaskell).
Dormant refers to a state of suspended activity but often implies the possibility of renewal: dormant feelings of affection. What is latent is present but not evident: latent ability. Quiescent sometimes—but not always—suggests temporary inactivity: "For a time, he [the whale] lay quiescent" (Herman Melville).
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Noun | 1. | inactivity - the state of being inactive state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" abeyance, suspension - temporary cessation or suspension anergy - inactivity and lack of energy halt, stoppage, arrest, hitch, stay, stop, check - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" calcification - an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations" deep freeze - temporary inactivity or suspension; "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze" desuetude - a state of inactivity or disuse dormancy, quiescence, quiescency - a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" extinction - no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano" holding pattern - a state of inaction with no progress and no change; "you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment" rest - a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon" doldrums, stagnation, stagnancy - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation" stagnancy, stagnation - inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation stasis - inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces activeness, activity, action - the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" |
2. | inactivity - a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work" trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature languor, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness, flatness - inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" restfulness - the attribute of being restful; "he longed for the restfulness of home" passivity, passiveness - the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative | |
3. | inactivity - being inactive; being less active pause - temporary inactivity waiting, wait - the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" repose, rest, ease, relaxation - freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" delay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
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inactivity
noun immobility, unemployment, inaction, passivity, hibernation, dormancy The players have comparatively long periods of inactivity.
immobility action, movement, employment, mobility, bustle, exertion, activeness
immobility action, movement, employment, mobility, bustle, exertion, activeness
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inactivity
nounA lack of action or activity:
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عَدَم نَشاط ، عَدَم فعاليَّه
nečinnost
inaktivitetledigganguvirksomhed
óvirkni
inatividade
hareketsizlik
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inactivity
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
inactive
(inˈӕktiv) adjective (formal).
1. not taking much exercise. You're fat because you're so inactive.
2. no longer working, functioning etc; not active. an inactive volcano.
inˈaction nouninacˈtivity noun
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inactivity
n. inactividad;
physical ___ → ___ física.
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inactivity
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