inactive
IPA: ɪnˈæktɪv
noun
- A person who does not take action.
adjective
- Not active, temporarily or permanently.
- Not engaging in physical activity.
- Not functioning or operating; broken down
- Retired from duty or service.
- (chemistry) Relatively inert.
- (physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light.
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Examples of "inactive" in Sentences
- I may be misunderstanding the term inactive, of course.
- C/F Oleksiy Pecherov was again inactive for Washington.
- Under state law, these people are classified as "inactive" voters
- Also expected to be inactive is receiver Anthony Armstrong, who suffered a groin injury last week.
- One single thing would be unthinkable: to remain inactive, voiceless, in the face of this insane escalation.
- The SF world does not remain inactive; many inventive and creative people try to find solutions and keep SF alive.
- With Stephon Marbury again inactive, they went scoreless for more than 3 1/2 minutes to start the third quarter and never recovered.
- The Web is a dynamic environment, so I urge readers to search for the documents cited in inactive links; they may again become available.
- Bank of America Corp., which received $45 billion through TARP and has the industry's largest U.S. card portfolio, said in its submission to the Treasury that credit-card loan balances and new account originations declined in February "due to continued reduction of exposure on long term inactive customers and line reductions on high risk accounts."
- As he could never endure what he calls the inactive chattering of the parlour -- people sitting in front of one another with folded hands and nothing in motion except the tongue -- he learnt the art of making laces; he used to carry his pillow about with him, or sat at his own door working like the women of the village, and chatting with the passers-by.
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