inactive
not active: an inactive volcano.
sedentary or passive: an inactive life.
sluggish; indolent.
Military. not on active duty.
Chemistry.
inert; unreactive.
noting a compound that has no effect on polarized light.
Origin of inactive
1synonym study For inactive
Other words for inactive
Opposites for inactive
Other words from inactive
- in·ac·tive·ly, adverb
- in·ac·tiv·i·ty, in·ac·tive·ness, noun
Words Nearby inactive
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How to use inactive in a sentence
Women who were active most days were more than three times more likely to have fertility problems than inactive women.
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Jameis Winston Rape Ruling to Come After ACC Championship | Caroline Linton | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn online-dating speak, these inactive users are known as “date bait.”
The demolition work also is predicted to be more complicated because of inactive utility lines.
Los Angeles Area Girds for Carmageddon II Freeway Closure | Christine Pelisek | September 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTArulanandam says it is “overly generous” to say that gun control groups are moribund and inactive.
NRA Has Democrats Running Scared in Eric Holder Contempt Vote | Eleanor Clift, Patricia Murphy | June 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
This product is dextro-rotatory; the laevo and inactive modifications occur in the so-called baldrianic camphor.
Few men could remain so patiently inactive as Seth, once he was convinced that inaction was the best course to pursue.
The Light That Lures | Percy BrebnerHaving his entire force already on the field, he remained absolutely inactive while the enemy formed their line.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneThe long inactive, sluggish ecclesiastics suddenly seemed to feel the vigor to resist and the power to lead.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneWe should have to encounter there only a weak, inactive, and unenterprising people.
The Rose of Old St. Louis | Mary Dillon
British Dictionary definitions for inactive
/ (ɪnˈæktɪv) /
idle or inert; not active
sluggish, passive, or indolent
military of or relating to persons or equipment not in active service
chem (of a substance) having little or no reactivity
(of an element, isotope, etc) having little or no radioactivity
Derived forms of inactive
- inactively, adverb
- inactivity or inactiveness, noun
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