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Definition of inactive:
(chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
(pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly (military) not involved in military operations not exerting influence or change (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano" lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member" not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" |