inactive

  • (s) (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
    • desired amounts of inactive chlorine
  • (a) (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
  • (a) (military) not involved in military operations nonoperational,
  • (a) not exerting influence or change
  • (a) (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
    • a dormant volcano
    dormant,
  • (a) lacking in energy or will
    • "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
    passive,
  • (a) lacking activity; lying idle or unused
    • an inactive mine
    • inactive accounts
    • inactive machinery
  • (a) not engaged in full-time work
    • inactive reserve
    • an inactive member
  • (a) not active physically or mentally
    • illness forced him to live an inactive life
    • dreamy and inactive by nature
  • (s) not in physical motion
    • the inertia of an object at rest
    motionless, static, still,

Synonyms

nonoperational dormant passive motionless static still

Antonyms

active operational

See also

lethargic unenrgetic

Words of close approximity

inaction
inactiveness