inactive








adjective

  1. not active: an inactive volcano.
  2. sedentary or passive: an inactive life.
  3. sluggish; indolent.
  4. Military. not on active duty.
  5. Chemistry.
    1. inert; unreactive.
    2. noting a compound that has no effect on polarized light.

adjective

  1. idle or inert; not active
  2. sluggish, passive, or indolent
  3. military of or relating to persons or equipment not in active service
  4. chem (of a substance) having little or no reactivity
  5. (of an element, isotope, etc) having little or no radioactivity
adj.

1725, from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + active.

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