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Not functioning or operating; out of use
- Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery.
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The meaning of INACTIVE is not active. How to use inactive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Inactive.
us / ɪnˈæk·tɪv / Add to word list. doing nothing: Knee surgery will keep him physically inactive for two months. About half of the club members are inactive. inactivity. noun [ U ] us / ˌɪn·ækˈtɪv·ɪ·t̬i / The journey was long, and he found the inactivity boring.
1. Not active or tending to be active: inactive students at risk for gaining weight. 2. a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery. b. Not being in continuous use or operation: an inactive brokerage account. 3. Retired from duty or service: inactive military personnel. 4.
When things or people are inactive, they're doing little or nothing. A rock, a couch potato, or a gym membership you haven’t used yet is inactive.
Inactive indicates absence of action, indisposition to activity, or cessation of activity: an inactive compound, life, file of papers. Dormant suggests the quiescence or inactivity of that which sleeps but may be roused to action: a dormant volcano.
Someone or something that is inactive is not doing anything or is not working. He certainly was not politically inactive. The satellite had been inactive since its launch two years ago.
adjective. uk / ɪnˈæktɪv / us. Add to word list. doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done: an inactive member of an advisory board.
