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inactive
adjective
- not active or moving
- not inclined to act; idle; dull; sluggish
- not in use or force; not functioning
- not in active service in the armed forces
- not affecting the plane of polarized light: said of some isomers of certain optically active crystalline substances
- chemically inert
Related Forms:
- inactively adverb
- inactivity noun
See inactive in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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