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inactiveness
in·ac·tive I0071700 (ĭn-ăk′tĭv)adj.1. Not active or tending to be active: inactive students at risk for gaining weight.2. a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery.b. Not being in continuous use or operation: an inactive brokerage account.3. Retired from duty or service: inactive military personnel.4. Chemistry Not readily participating in chemical reactions; inert.5. Medicine Marked by the absence or lessening of disease activity.6. Physics Showing no optical activity in polarized light.
in·ac′tive·ly adv.in′ac·tiv′i·ty, in·ac′tive·ness n.Synonyms: inactive, idle, inert, dormant, latent, quiescent
These adjectives mean not involved in or disposed to movement or activity. Inactive indicates absence of activity: retired but not inactive; an inactive factory. Idle refers to persons who are not doing anything or are not busy: employees who were idle because of the strike. It also refers to what is not in use or operation: idle machinery. Inert describes things powerless to move themselves or to produce a desired effect; applied to persons, it implies lethargy or sluggishness, especially of mind or spirit: "The Honorable Mrs. Jamieson ... was fat and inert, and very much at the mercy of her old servants" (Elizabeth C. Gaskell).
Dormant refers to a state of suspended activity but often implies the possibility of renewal: dormant feelings of affection. What is latent is present but not evident: latent ability. Quiescent sometimes—but not always—suggests temporary inactivity: "For a time, he [the whale] lay quiescent" (Herman Melville).Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | inactiveness - the state of being inactiveinaction, inactivitystate - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"abeyance, suspension - temporary cessation or suspensionanergy - inactivity and lack of energyhalt, stoppage, arrest, hitch, stay, stop, check - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"calcification - an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations"deep freeze - temporary inactivity or suspension; "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"desuetude - a state of inactivity or disusedormancy, quiescence, quiescency - a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy"extinction - no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"holding pattern - a state of inaction with no progress and no change; "you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment"rest - a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"doldrums, stagnation, stagnancy - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"stagnancy, stagnation - inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulationstasis - inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forcesactiveness, activity, action - the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" | | 2. | inactiveness - a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"inertia, inactivitytrait - a distinguishing feature of your personal naturelanguor, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness, flatness - inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"restfulness - the attribute of being restful; "he longed for the restfulness of home"passivity, passiveness - the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiativeindolence, laziness - inactivity resulting from a dislike of workactiveness, activity - the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age" |
inactiveness
Related to inactiveness: inactive accountSynonyms for inactivenessnoun the state of being inactiveSynonymsRelated Words- state
- abeyance
- suspension
- anergy
- halt
- stoppage
- arrest
- hitch
- stay
- stop
- check
- calcification
- deep freeze
- desuetude
- dormancy
- quiescence
- quiescency
- extinction
- holding pattern
- rest
- doldrums
- stagnation
- stagnancy
- stasis
Antonymsnoun a disposition to remain inactive or inertSynonymsRelated Words- trait
- languor
- lethargy
- phlegm
- sluggishness
- flatness
- restfulness
- passivity
- passiveness
- indolence
- laziness
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