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(adjective) not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" |
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Antonyms: active |
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(adjective) not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" (military) ; "an inactive member of the department" |
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Antonyms: active |
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(adjective) lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" |
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Antonyms: active |
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(adjective) (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly |
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Antonyms: active |
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(adjective) not active or exerting influence |
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Antonyms: active |
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(satellite adjective) not engaged in military action |
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Synonyms: reserve |
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(satellite adjective) not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine" |
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(adjective) lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith |
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Synonyms: passive |
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(adjective) of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano" |
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Synonyms: dormant |
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(adjective) of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano" |
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Synonyms: extinct |
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(satellite adjective) temporarily inactive |
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Synonyms: abeyant, in abeyance, suspended |
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(satellite adjective) not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" |
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Synonyms: at rest, motionless, static, still |
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