† unactiveadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1

Obsolete.

1. Habitually or naturally inactive; indisposed or unable to act; hence, sluggish, slothful:

a. Of persons (or animals).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective]

unlustyc1225

sleepyc1384

phlegmatica1400

listlessc1440

owlist1440

unlisty1440

phlegmyc1450

sweyntc1450

supine1554

resty1565

unactive1591

sleepy-headed1600

log-like1602

inertious1611

stupefied?1611

lethargic1612

sedentary1625

torpent1647

torpid1656

torpulent1657

softly1664

inert1774

vegetative1789

spiritless1798

unenergetic1805

sloomy1820

slow-going1825

inenergetic1826

comatose1828

moony1847

mooning1864

torpid-minded1909

narcoleptic1965

vegged1986

1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxviii. f. 112 For the most part they are very vnweldy & vnactiue withall.

1657 R. Austen Spirituall Use of Orchard (new ed.) 177 It is an intollerable shame to some professors especially, to see them so likewarme [sic], and unactive in the waies of God.

1698 G. Stanhope tr. Thomas à Kempis Christian's Pattern iii. iii. 126 When Advancement to Heaven..is offered, they are slothful and unactive.

c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses i. 14 Flanders Horses..are thereby render'd the more heavy and unactive.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 271 Chub..are a strong unactive Fish.

absolute.1708 Diss. Drunkenness 12 It charms the Unactive, the Desperate and Crafty of either Sex.

b. Of material things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > habitually or naturally

restive1554

unactive1638

inert1647

1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes ii. 7 Nor hath unactive Matter pow'r to soile Her pure and active Forme, as Iarrs corrupt their Oyle.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 697/1 The points of the Acid of the Tartar..are too unactive, gross or blunt to insinuate themselves into the Pores of this Salt.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 253 What a dead unactive thing matter is.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 4 The mere material Body,..without the Mind being a dead unactive Thing.

c. Of mind or disposition.

ΚΠ

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 506 The drowsy and unactive Genius of the Kingdom.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 73 The Faculties and Understandings of the Lay Councellors [grew] more dull, lazy, and unactive.

1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 544 Melancholy Blood retards the Springs Of his unactive Soul.

1724 R. Fiddes Gen. Treat. Morality Pref. p. xxxviii Disquisitions of this kind are an argument of an unactive wit.

1746 Brit. Mag. 98 The Ignorance, or unactive inexperimenting Spirit of our Manufacturers.

d. Of immaterial things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > habitually or naturally > specifically of immaterial things

unactive1649

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Ep. Ded. 1 The calentures of men breathe out in problemes and unactive discourses.

1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xix. 63 He..may escape many Dangers by his wary Conduct, but will fail of as many Successes by his unactive Fearfulness.

c1705 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) 445 Uneasiness, &c. are ideas, therefore unactive, therefore can do nothing.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. xlviii. 45 His unactive virtue, the more it was extolled, the greater disregard was it exposed to.

2. Not active at a particular time; remaining quiescent or idle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective]

undiscurrent1509

idlec1522

sleepinga1538

silent1583

unactive1599

passive1604

quiescent1605

torpid1613

quieta1616

inactive1641

actionless1645

slumbering1706

slumberous1809

non-acting1838

supine1843

1599 S. Daniel Musophilus (1602) c iij b That these more curious times, they might diuorce From the opinion..Of our disable and vnactiue force.

1643 G. Wither Campo-Musæ 2 When I shall be dead, And lie unactive in a loanly roome.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iii. 107 Neither was he in his retirement..either unactive in himself, or in a Scene improper for his Majesties Service.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 425 Can'st thou, remote, the mingling Hosts descry With Hands unactive, and a careless Eye?

1756 S. Johnson Mem. King of Prussia in Lit. Mag. Nov.–Dec. 386 All the vegetative powers are kept unactive by a long continuance of drowth.

1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 35 The legates in Britain..remained unactive till it could be determined, for what master they were to conquer.

3. Marked or characterized by inaction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > characterized by inaction or inactivity

unactive1621

inergeticala1691

stagnant1749

inergetic1807

stagnating1837

1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 55 To Enuie's caue her course shee bent,..Repleat with sadnesse, and vnactiue cold.

1652 J. Evelyn State of France 78 The Gentry..are universally given to solitary and unactive lives in the country.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 93. ¶14 For the Employment of our dead unactive Hours.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 89 Nothing which we at present see, would lead us to the Thought of a solitary unactive State hereafter.

1777 S. Johnson Let. 27 Aug. (1992) III. 56 I am here in unactive obscurity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unactive
释义	† unactiveadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 Obsolete. 1. Habitually or naturally inactive; indisposed or unable to act; hence, sluggish, slothful: a. Of persons (or animals). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] unlustyc1225 sleepyc1384 phlegmatica1400 listlessc1440 owlist1440 unlisty1440 phlegmyc1450 sweyntc1450 supine1554 resty1565 unactive1591 sleepy-headed1600 log-like1602 inertious1611 stupefied?1611 lethargic1612 sedentary1625 torpent1647 torpid1656 torpulent1657 softly1664 inert1774 vegetative1789 spiritless1798 unenergetic1805 sloomy1820 slow-going1825 inenergetic1826 comatose1828 moony1847 mooning1864 torpid-minded1909 narcoleptic1965 vegged1986 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxviii. f. 112 For the most part they are very vnweldy & vnactiue withall. 1657 R. Austen Spirituall Use of Orchard (new ed.) 177 It is an intollerable shame to some professors especially, to see them so likewarme [sic], and unactive in the waies of God. 1698 G. Stanhope tr. Thomas à Kempis Christian's Pattern iii. iii. 126 When Advancement to Heaven..is offered, they are slothful and unactive. c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses i. 14 Flanders Horses..are thereby render'd the more heavy and unactive. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 271 Chub..are a strong unactive Fish. absolute.1708 Diss. Drunkenness 12 It charms the Unactive, the Desperate and Crafty of either Sex. b. Of material things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > habitually or naturally restive1554 unactive1638 inert1647 1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes ii. 7 Nor hath unactive Matter pow'r to soile Her pure and active Forme, as Iarrs corrupt their Oyle. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 697/1 The points of the Acid of the Tartar..are too unactive, gross or blunt to insinuate themselves into the Pores of this Salt. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 253 What a dead unactive thing matter is. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 4 The mere material Body,..without the Mind being a dead unactive Thing. c. Of mind or disposition. ΚΠ 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 506 The drowsy and unactive Genius of the Kingdom. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 73 The Faculties and Understandings of the Lay Councellors [grew] more dull, lazy, and unactive. 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 544 Melancholy Blood retards the Springs Of his unactive Soul. 1724 R. Fiddes Gen. Treat. Morality Pref. p. xxxviii Disquisitions of this kind are an argument of an unactive wit. 1746 Brit. Mag. 98 The Ignorance, or unactive inexperimenting Spirit of our Manufacturers. d. Of immaterial things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > habitually or naturally > specifically of immaterial things unactive1649 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Ep. Ded. 1 The calentures of men breathe out in problemes and unactive discourses. 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xix. 63 He..may escape many Dangers by his wary Conduct, but will fail of as many Successes by his unactive Fearfulness. c1705 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) 445 Uneasiness, &c. are ideas, therefore unactive, therefore can do nothing. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. xlviii. 45 His unactive virtue, the more it was extolled, the greater disregard was it exposed to. 2. Not active at a particular time; remaining quiescent or idle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] undiscurrent1509 idlec1522 sleepinga1538 silent1583 unactive1599 passive1604 quiescent1605 torpid1613 quieta1616 inactive1641 actionless1645 slumbering1706 slumberous1809 non-acting1838 supine1843 1599 S. Daniel Musophilus (1602) c iij b That these more curious times, they might diuorce From the opinion..Of our disable and vnactiue force. 1643 G. Wither Campo-Musæ 2 When I shall be dead, And lie unactive in a loanly roome. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iii. 107 Neither was he in his retirement..either unactive in himself, or in a Scene improper for his Majesties Service. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 425 Can'st thou, remote, the mingling Hosts descry With Hands unactive, and a careless Eye? 1756 S. Johnson Mem. King of Prussia in Lit. Mag. Nov.–Dec. 386 All the vegetative powers are kept unactive by a long continuance of drowth. 1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 35 The legates in Britain..remained unactive till it could be determined, for what master they were to conquer. 3. Marked or characterized by inaction. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > characterized by inaction or inactivity unactive1621 inergeticala1691 stagnant1749 inergetic1807 stagnating1837 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 55 To Enuie's caue her course shee bent,..Repleat with sadnesse, and vnactiue cold. 1652 J. Evelyn State of France 78 The Gentry..are universally given to solitary and unactive lives in the country. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 93. ¶14 For the Employment of our dead unactive Hours. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 89 Nothing which we at present see, would lead us to the Thought of a solitary unactive State hereafter. 1777 S. Johnson Let. 27 Aug. (1992) III. 56 I am here in unactive obscurity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † unactivev. Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(c). Obsolete. transitive. To unfit for action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > make inactive [verb (transitive)] unactive1639 stun1700 unmechanize1761 paralyse1764 hang1778 benumb1789 inactivate1901 disable1932 stultify1958 deactivate1970 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. vii. 52 Though bookishnesse may unactive, yet learning doth accomplish a Prince. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 19 A man so buried in the speculations of School-Divinity, that it unactiv'd him to be practical in persecution. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1591v.1639
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