Inactive
[adj] not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
[adj] not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" (military) ; "an inactive member of the department"
[adj] lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
[adj] (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
[adj] lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
[adj] of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"
[adj] of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
[adj] not active or exerting influence
[adj] temporarily inactive
[adj] not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
[adj] not engaged in military action
[adj] not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
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Synonyms
abeyant, arrested, at rest, closed, dark, dead, delayed, dormant, dull, hypoactive, idle, in abeyance(p), in remission, indolent, inert, latent, motionless, nonmoving, nonoperational, off duty(p), off(p), off-duty(a), on leave, passive, quiescent, reserve
Related Terms
abeyant, apathetic, asleep, at a standstill, cataleptic, catatonic, contemplative, dead, deliberate, disengaged, do-nothing, dopey, dormant, dull, easy, flat, foul, groggy, hasteless, heavy, idle, immobile, in abeyance, in suspense, inanimate, indolent, i