inactive in English dictionary

  • inactive

    Meanings and definitions of "inactive"

    • Retired from duty or service
    • (chemistry) Relatively inert
    • (physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light
    • adjective
      Not active, temporarily or permanently.
    • adjective
      Not functioning or operating; broken down
    • adjective
      Retired from duty or service.
    • adjective
      (chemistry)
      Relatively inert.
    • adjective
      (physics)
      Showing no optical activity in polarized light.
    • Pertaining to the state of an object when it is not the focus of a user's input.
    • Not active, temporarily or permanently
    • (market) weakness
    • adjective
      (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
    • adjective
      lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
    • adjective
      lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
    • adjective
      (military) not involved in military operations
    • adjective
      not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
    • adjective
      not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"
    • adjective
      not exerting influence or change
    • adjective
      not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
    • adjective
      (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct; "a dormant volcano"
    • adjective
      (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

    Synonyms of "inactive" in English dictionary

    still, dull, unresisting are the top synonyms of "inactive" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "inactive" in English dictionary

    active, operational are the top antonyms of "inactive" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of inactive

    • inactive ( comparative more inactive, superlative most inactive)
    • inactive (comparative more inactive, superlative most inactive)
  • Inactive

    Meanings and definitions of "inactive"

    • Pertaining to a user who hasn't used his or her mouse, keyboard, computer, cell phone, or communications device for a specified time.

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