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inactive

English

  1. 🔊 not active physically or mentally
    “illness forced him to live an inactive life”
  2. 🔊 not engaged in full-time work
    “inactive reserve”
  3. 🔊 lacking activity
    “an inactive mine”
  4. 🔊 (pathology) not progressing or increasing
  5. 🔊 not exerting influence or change
  6. 🔊 not in physical motion
    “the inertia of an object at rest”
  7. 🔊 (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction
    “desired amounts of inactive chlorine”
  8. 🔊 lacking in energy or will
    “Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself”
  9. 🔊 (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
    “a dormant volcano”
  10. 🔊 (military) not involved in military operations

Spanish

  1. 🔊 inactivo inactive
  2. 🔊 inerte inactive, sluggish

Similar words

passive dormant motionless static still nonoperational abeyant apathetic asleep at a standstill cataleptic catatonic contemplative dead deliberate disengaged do-nothing dopey dormant dull easy flat foul groggy