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English noun: inactiveness | |||
| 1. | inactiveness (state) the state of being inactive | ||
| Synonyms | inaction, inactivity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abeyance, anergy, arrest, calcification, check, deep freeze, desuetude, doldrums, dormancy, extinction, halt, hitch, holding pattern, quiescence, quiescency, rest, stagnancy, stagnancy, stagnation, stagnation, stasis, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension | ||
| Antonyms | activeness, action, activity | ||
| 2. | inactiveness (attribute) a disposition to remain inactive or inert | ||
| Samples | He had to overcome his inertia and get back to work. | ||
| Synonyms | inactivity, inertia | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | trait | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flatness, indolence, languor, laziness, lethargy, passiveness, passivity, phlegm, restfulness, sluggishness | ||
| Antonyms | activeness, activity | ||
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