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Synonyms for inactive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-ak-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈæk tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for inactive Other synonyms for the word inactive
- abeyant
- asleep
- blah
- disengaged
- do-nothing
- down
- draggy
- in holding pattern
- indolent
- latent
- lax
- lethargic
- limp
- low-key
- mothballed
- motionless
- on hold
- ossified
- out of action
- out of commission
- out of service
- out of work
- quiescent
- quiet
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- somnolent
- stable
- still
- torpid
- unemployed
- unoccupied
- unused
Définition of inactive
Origin :- 1725, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + active.
- adj not engaged in action; inert, lazy
- Others, who demanded revenge, found an aliment for their inactive forces.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- For the remaining part of the year 1811 both armies were inactive.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence » by William Lawrence
- If the imagination intoxicates the poet, it is not inactive in other men.
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- It is well for us that they will now be forced to be inactive.
- Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
- Washington lay for a while inactive while the enemy prepared for their departure.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- Consciousness is an inactive spectator for the procession of the contents.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- But it could be readily believed that his restless mind was not inactive.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- We should have to encounter there only a weak, inactive, and unenterprising people.
- Extract from : « The Rose of Old St. Louis » by Mary Dillon
- Where there is love, there must be communication, because love can never be passive and inactive.
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- Is quiet and inactive, lacks self-confidence, and plays little.
- Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
Antonyms for inactive
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