inactivity

Variant of inactive

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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