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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inactive \In*ac"tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf F. inactif.] 1. Not active; having no power to move that does not or can not produce results; inert; as matter is of itself inactive. 2. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as an inactive officer. 3. (Chem. & Opt.) Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid. Syn: Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy. See {Inert}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inactive adj 1: not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine" 2: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly [ant: {active}] 3: not active or exerting influence [ant: {active}] 4: of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano" [syn: {extinct}] [ant: {active}, {dormant}] 5: of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano" [syn: {dormant}] [ant: {extinct}, {active}] 6: lacking in energy or will "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith [syn: {passive}] [ant: {active}] 7: lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" [ant: {active}] 8: not engaged in full-time work "inactive reserve" (military) ; "an inactive member of the department" [ant: {active}] 9: not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" [ant: {active}] 10: not engaged in military action [syn: {reserve(a)}] 11: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" [syn: {at rest}, {motionless}, {static}, {still}] 12: temporarily inactive [syn: {abeyant}, {in abeyance(p)}, {suspended}]
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