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inactive

/ɪn'æktɪv/

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adjective
lacking in energy or will
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passive supine resistless hands-off unresisting
adjective
(military) not involved in military operations
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nonoperational
adjective
not in physical motion
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motionless static still nonmoving unmoving
adjective
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
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dormant quiescent
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(chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
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"desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

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unreactive
adjective
lacking activity; lying idle or unused
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"an inactive mine" "inactive accounts" "inactive machinery"

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unused idle sluggish slow dark dead dull strikebound

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active
adjective
not active physically or mentally
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"illness forced him to live an inactive life" "dreamy and inactive by nature"

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deskbound abeyant desk-bound dormant hypoactive inert sedentary sluggish soggy torpid underactive

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active
adjective
not engaged in full-time work
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"inactive reserve" "an inactive member"

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off retired

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active
adjective
not exerting influence or change
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quiescent

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active
adjective
(pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
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indolent flat dead-end latent quiescent

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active

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