INACTIVE

inactive

1. [Adjective]: not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" ; "an inactive member of the department"

2. [Adjective]: not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

3. [Adjective]: of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"

4. [Adjective]: not active or exerting influence

5. [Adjective]: not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

6. [Adjective]: lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"

7. [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

8. [Adjective]: of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"

9. not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"

10. not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

11. temporarily inactive

12. not engaged in military action

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