inactive

The definition of inactive is a person or thing that isn't working or moving.

(adjective)

An example of inactive is a car that won't start.

See inactive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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See inactive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Not active or tending to be active.
a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery.
b. Not being in continuous use or operation: an inactive brokerage account.
Retired from duty or service.
Chemistry Not readily participating in chemical reactions; inert.
Biology Marked by the absence or reduction of activity, such as the ability to cause infection.
Medicine Quiescent. Used especially of a disease.
Physics Showing no optical activity in polarized light.