inactiveadjective
uk/ɪnˈæk.tɪv/us/ɪnˈæk.tɪv/doing nothing:
It's bad for your health to be physically inactive.
The property market remains largely inactive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breather
- breathing space
- bum
- bum around
- float
- idle
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- out of action idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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inactivity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
a period of inactivity
economic/physical inactivity