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inactive
(/I/n'/&/kt/I/v )

adjective (a)

  • (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly(adj.all)
    source: wordnet30
  • (military) not involved in military operations(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    nonoperational
    Antonym:
    operational
    source: wordnet30
  • not exerting influence or change(adj.all)
    source: wordnet30
  • (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    dormant
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking in energy or will(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    passive
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking activity; lying idle or unused(adj.all)
    Example:
    An inactive mine.
    Inactive accounts.
    Inactive machinery.
    source: wordnet30
  • not engaged in full-time work(adj.all)
    Example:
    Inactive reserve.
    An inactive member.
    source: wordnet30
  • not active physically or mentally(adj.all)
    Example:
    Illness forced him to live an inactive life.
    Dreamy and inactive by nature.
    Antonym:
    active
    source: wordnet30
  • Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert(adj.all)
    Example:
    Desired amounts of inactive chlorine.
    source: wordnet30
  • not in physical motion(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    motionless, static, still
    source: wordnet30

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