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inactive Definition

in·ac·tive (in ak′tiv)

adjective

  1. not active or moving
  2. not inclined to act; idle; dull; sluggish
  3. not in use or force; not functioning
  4. not in active service in the armed forces
  5. not affecting the plane of polarized light: said of some isomers of certain optically active crystalline substances
  6. chemically inert

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inactive Synonyms

inactive

modif.

  1. Inert

    dormant, stable, still; see idle 1, latent, motionless 1.

  2. Indolent

    idle, sedentary, sluggish, lethargic; see dull 6, lazy 1.

inactive Usage Examples

Preposition: for

  • period: Thomas Telford reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.
  • minute: Once logged in, if the user's web browser remains inactive for 10 minutes, they will automatically be logged out.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • render: Uniquely, the technique does not render the viruses inactive.

Modifies a noun

  • p53: This meant that in the analysis, inactive p53 was ignored.
  • metabolite: Oxprenolol is excreted chiefly in the urine ( almost exclusively in the form of inactive metabolites ).
  • conformation: The kinase is in the inactive conformation, similar to that observed for inactive CDK2.
  • precursor: Clot dissolution requires a further protease, plasmin, which is incorporated into the forming clot as an inactive precursor, plasminogen.
  • ingredient: Refer to Section 6.1 for details of inactive ingredients.
  • volcano: Those who reach this point have the rare chance to see the wondrous crater of this inactive volcano.

Modifying Another Word

  • 'economically: However, there are another 200,000 people defined as 'economically inactive ' , who say they would like to work.
  • optically: This is known as a racemic mixture and it is optically inactive due to one isomer canceling out the optical effect of the other.
  • physically: Physically inactive people have about double the risk of CHD.
  • politically: All of the successful candidates have confirmed that they are politically inactive.
  • relatively: The market was also relatively inactive during the period of the General Election in May.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: In these people, the TB bacteria remain inactive for a lifetime without causing disease.
  • render: As a result many local businesses have been rendered totally inactive over the busy Bank Holiday weekend.
  • become: Over a third of movers to JSA from IB had become inactive due to sickness or disability five to ten months later.
  • lie: Thus in winter they lie inactive in their nests; in summer, they grow lively again.
  • seem: The fact that God seems inactive, even absent, should not fool us or worry us.