Inactive definition
Not active or tending to be active.
Inactive students at risk for gaining weight.
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The definition of inactive is a person or thing that isn't working or moving.
An example of inactive is a car that won't start.
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(chemistry) Not readily participating in chemical reactions; inert.
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Retired from duty or service.
Inactive military personnel.
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(medicine) Marked by the absence or lessening of disease activity.
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(physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light.
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Not functioning or operating; out of use.
Inactive machinery.
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Not being in continuous use or operation.
An inactive brokerage account.
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Not active or moving.
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Not inclined to act; idle; dull; sluggish.
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Not in active service in the armed forces.
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Not affecting the plane of polarized light: said of some isomers of certain optically active crystalline substances.
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Chemically inert.
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Not active or tending to be active.
Inactive students at risk for gaining weight.
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(chemistry) Not readily participating in chemical reactions; inert.
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(medicine) Marked by the absence or lessening of disease activity.
adjective
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Not in use or force; not functioning.
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