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Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-ak-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈæk tɪv

Definition of inactivity

Origin : 1640s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + activity. Phrase masterly inactivity attested by 1791.

noun inaction

Example sentences :

Then, after a few moments, inactivity would bring him panic.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

The days that followed were days of weary waiting and inactivity.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

Inversely, inactivity weakens the effect of irritations which correspond to it.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

For in us inactivity is the child of cowardice, and carelessness of inactivity and indolence.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The marvel of it was how he had developed this quality of defense in inactivity.
Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden

And so hour after hour passed of inactivity at this most critical juncture.
Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

The inactivity of our present life weighed also heavily upon me.
Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles Lever

Grantline, stricken for that moment of inactivity, stood gazing.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

The inactivity of our troops had long become a by-word among us.
Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel

The thought that a German prison awaited him roused Ralph from his inactivity.
Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for inactivity

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