Inactive

Adjective

 * 1) Not active, temporarily or permanently
 * The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant.
 * 1) Not functioning or operating; broken down
 * The photocopier is inactive pending repair.
 * 1) Retired from duty or service
 * Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.
 * 1)  Relatively inert
 * Aluminium is inactive towards water.
 * 1)  Showing no optical activity in polarized light
 * Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.

Derived terms

 * inactively

Related terms

 * inactivity

Adverbs for Inactive
necessarily; helplessly; tragically; unfortunately; preferably; habitually; naturally temperamentally; lamentably; unhealthfully unluckily; lazily; languidly; torpidly; idly indolently; sleepily; indifferently; lumpishly; passively; unintelligently; terribly; incredibly; hopelessly; undependably; unreliably; unhelpfully; sluggishly; vexatiously; disagreeably; cruelly; selfishly.

Thesaurus
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, inert, inoperative, jobless, lackadaisical, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, languid, languorous, latent, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, meditative, motionless, neuter, neutral, ossified, out of work, pacific, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, peaceful, phlegmatic, placid, procrastinating, quiescent, quiet, quietist, quietistic, relaxed, resting, sedentary, serene, slack, sleeping, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, somnolent, stagnant, stagnating, standing, standpat, static, stationary, still, supine, suspended, tame, torpid, tranquil, unactive, unaroused, unemployed, unhasty, unhurried, unmoving, unoccupied, vegetable, vegetative

Etymology
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Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ei toiminnassa oleva
 * Greek: αδρανής


 * Japanese: 活動していない
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Greek: αδρανής