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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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