inactive
[adjective]
Synonyms: unused, dormant, idle, inoperative, unemployed, unoccupied

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Antonyms: active
Contrasted words: busy, employed, engaged, occupied, energetic, strenuous, vigorous, animated, brisk, lively
Related Words: abeyant, dormant, inoperative, latent, quiescent, do-nothing, indolent, lethargic, lymphatic, slack, slothful, sluggish, torpid, motionless, sedentary, static, disengaged, jobless, unemployed, unoccupied, unworking, ossified

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧ac‧tive /ɪnˈæktɪv/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: act, action ≠ inaction, activity ≠ inactivity, reaction, interaction, overacting; adjective: acting, active ≠ inactive; verb: act ≠ overact; adverb: actively]

1. not doing anything, not working, or not moving Antonym : active:
The brain cells are inactive during sleep.
Young people are becoming politically inactive.

2. not taking part in something that normally you would take part in:
Graham’s knee injury means he will be inactive for Sunday’s game.

3. technical an inactive substance does not react chemically with other substances

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

inactive
adj.
VERBS be | become | remain
ADV. totally He had been totally inactive for two weeks.
fairly, relatively | physically, sexually | economically, politically

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲