inactive
adjective
1. (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
- desired amounts of inactive chlorine
Similar word(s): unreactive
2. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Similar word(s): flat, indolent, latent, quiescent
3. (military) not involved in military operations
Similar word(s): nonoperational
4. not exerting influence or change
Similar word(s): quiescent
5. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
Similar word(s): quiescent, dormant
6. lacking in energy or will
Similar word(s): resistless, unresisting, supine, passive
7. lacking activity; lying idle or unused
- an inactive mine
- inactive accounts
- inactive machinery
Similar word(s): dark, dead, dull, slow, sluggish, idle, unused, strikebound
8. not engaged in full-time work
- inactive reserve
- an inactive member
9. not active physically or mentally
- illness forced him to live an inactive life
- dreamy and inactive by nature
Similar word(s): deskbound, abeyant, dormant, hypoactive, underactive, inert, sluggish, torpid, sedentary, lethargic, unenergetic
10. not in physical motion
Similar word(s): nonmoving, unmoving, motionless, static, still
Sentences with inactive as an adjective:
- The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant.
- The photocopier is inactive pending repair.
- Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.
- Aluminium is inactive towards water.
- Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.