Synonyms for inactivity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-ak-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈæk tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for inactivity Other synonyms for the word inactivity
- dilly-dallying
- goof-off time
- inertness
- inoperativeness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
Définition of inactivity
Origin :- 1640s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + activity. Phrase masterly inactivity attested by 1791.
- noun inaction
- 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
Antonyms for inactivity
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