English adjective: inactive | |||
1. | inactive (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert | ||
Samples | Desired amounts of inactive chlorine. | ||
Similar | unreactive | ||
Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
Antonyms | reactive | ||
2. | inactive (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly | ||
Similar | dead-end, flat, indolent, latent, quiescent | ||
Domain category | pathology | ||
Antonyms | active | ||
3. | inactive (military) not involved in military operations | ||
Synonyms | nonoperational | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
Antonyms | operational | ||
4. | inactive not exerting influence or change | ||
Similar | quiescent | ||
Antonyms | active | ||
5. | inactive (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct | ||
Samples | A dormant volcano. | ||
Synonyms | dormant | ||
Similar | quiescent | ||
Attribute | dormancy, quiescence, quiescency | ||
Antonyms | active | ||
6. | inactive lacking in energy or will | ||
Samples | Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. | ||
Synonyms | passive | ||
Similar | hands-off, resistless, supine, unresisting | ||
Attribute | passiveness, passivity | ||
Antonyms | active | ||
7. | inactive lacking activity; lying idle or unused | ||
Samples | An inactive mine. Inactive accounts. Inactive machinery. | ||
Similar | dark, dead, dull, idle, slow, sluggish, strikebound, unused | ||
Antonyms | active | ||
8. | inactive not engaged in full-time work | ||
Samples | Inactive reserve. An inactive member. | ||
Similar | off, retired | ||
Antonyms | active | ||
9. | inactive not active physically or mentally | ||
Samples | Illness forced him to live an inactive life. Dreamy and inactive by nature. | ||
Similar | abeyant, desk-bound, deskbound, dormant, hypoactive, inert, sedentary, sluggish, soggy, torpid, underactive | ||
See also | lethargic, unenrgetic | ||
Attribute | activeness, activity | ||
Antonyms | active | ||
10. | inactive not in physical motion | ||
Samples | The inertia of an object at rest. | ||
Synonyms | motionless, static, still | ||
Similar | nonmoving, unmoving | ||
Antonyms | moving | ||