Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Lack of action or activity or labor

    The school's inaction further sanctions this misbehavior.

    Untätigkeit, Tatenlosigkeit, Trägheit

    безде́йствиеbezdéjstvije

    бездія́льністьbezdijálʹnistʹ, безчи́нністьbezčýnnistʹ

More definitions
  • the state of being inactive

Examples

9 sentences
  1. His inaction annoys me to no end.

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  2. Here comes inaction and we don't know how to stop it.

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  3. The consequences of inaction on these issues are not unknown, they are calculable.

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  4. Inaction can be deadlier than action.

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  5. Inaction can be a profound form of resistance.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
lack of action or activity:
Русский
By meaning 1
lack of action or activity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
lack of action or activity:

Origin

From French inaction.

From French inaction.

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Forms

plural: inactions
Singularinaction
Pluralinactions

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inaction — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto