Meaning

6 senses
  1. Not active, temporarily or permanently.

    The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant.

    Inactive user accounts may be deleted after 90 days.

    inaktiv, untätig

    неакти́вныйneaktívnyj, безде́йствующийbezdéjstvujuščij, неде́йствующийnedéjstvujuščij

    not active physically or mentally

  2. Not engaging in physical activity.

    not in physical motion

  3. Not functioning or operating; broken down

    The photocopier is inactive pending repair.

  4. Retired from duty or service.

    Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.

  5. Relatively inert.

    Aluminium is inactive towards water.

  6. Showing no optical activity in polarized light.

    Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. The rain is radiologically inactive this time.

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  2. You are as inactive as a bagpiper’s pinky.

    deDu bist untätig wie der kleine Finger eines Dudelsackspielers.

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  3. This volcano has been inactive for hundreds of years.

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  4. The volcano has been inactive for a long time.

    deDer Vulkan ist schon seit langer Zeit nicht mehr aktiv.

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  5. Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
not active, temporarily or permanently:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not active, temporarily or permanently:

Origin

From French inactif. Piecewise doublet of unactive.

From French inactif. Piecewise doublet of unactive.

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Forms

more inactive, most inactive
Comparativemore inactive Lesson
Superlativemost inactive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

30 synonyms
not active:dullB1
not functioning or operating:idleB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
antonym(s) ofactiveB1in action

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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