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inactive

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

(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

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