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
See inactive in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭn-ăkˈtĭv)
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.
Related Forms:
- inˌac·tivˈi·ty, in·acˈtive·ness noun
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