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English noun: inactivity | |||
| 1. | inactivity (state) the state of being inactive | ||
| Synonyms | inaction, inactiveness | ||
| 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. | inactivity (attribute) a disposition to remain inactive or inert | ||
| Samples | He had to overcome his inertia and get back to work. | ||
| Synonyms | inactiveness, inertia | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | trait | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flatness, indolence, languor, laziness, lethargy, passiveness, passivity, phlegm, restfulness, sluggishness | ||
| Antonyms | activeness, activity | ||
| 3. | inactivity (act) being inactive; being less active | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | delay, ease, holdup, idleness, idling, loafing, pause, relaxation, repose, rest, wait, waiting | ||
| Antonyms | activity | ||
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