English to English adjective
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(pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly | source: wordnet30
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(military) not involved in military operations | source: wordnet30
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not exerting influence or change | source: wordnet30
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(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct | Example:
• a dormant volcano
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lacking in energy or will | Example:
• Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself
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lacking activity; lying idle or unused | Example:
• an inactive mine • inactive accounts • inactive machinery
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not engaged in full-time work | Example:
• inactive reserve • an inactive member
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not active physically or mentally | Example:
• illness forced him to live an inactive life • dreamy and inactive by nature
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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert | Example:
• desired amounts of inactive chlorine
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not in physical motion | Example:
• the inertia of an object at rest
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