2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inactivity \In`ac*tiv"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. inactivit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as the
inactivity of matter.
2. Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion;
want of energy; sluggishness.
The gloomy inactivity of despair. --Cook.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inactivity
n 1: the state of being inactive [syn: {inaction}, {inactiveness}]
[ant: {action}, {action}, {action}]
2: a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to
overcome his inertia and get back to work" [syn: {inactiveness},
{inertia}] [ant: {activeness}]
3: being inactive [ant: {activity}]
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