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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 |
• a dormant volcano
source: wordnet30
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lacking in energy or will |
• Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself
source: wordnet30
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lacking activity; lying idle or unused |
• an inactive mine
• inactive accounts
• inactive machinery
source: wordnet30
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not engaged in full-time work |
• inactive reserve
• an inactive member
source: wordnet30
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not active physically or mentally |
• 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 |
• desired amounts of inactive chlorine
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not in physical motion |
• the inertia of an object at rest
source: wordnet30
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