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- Dictionaryinactive/ɪnˈaktɪv/
adjective
- 1. not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity: "an inactive lifestyle" Similar Opposite
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doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done: an inactive member of an advisory board.
The meaning of INACTIVE is not active. How to use inactive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of 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.
adjective. not active physically or mentally. “illness forced him to live an inactive life” “dreamy and inactive by nature” synonyms: desk-bound, deskbound. restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity. abeyant, dormant. inactive but capable of becoming active. hypoactive, underactive. abnormally 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. inert suggests the condition of dead matter, with no inherent power of motion or action; it may ...
inactive describes a person or thing that is not acting, moving, functioning, or operating: an inactive board member; inactive laws. dormant suggests the quiescence or inactivity of that which sleeps or seems to sleep, but may be roused to action: a dormant geyser.
doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done: an inactive member of an advisory board.
