Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inactive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inactive \In*ac"tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F.
inactif.]
1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can
not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself,
inactive.
2. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or
industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
3. (Chem. & Opt.) Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any
action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral;
-- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in
distinction from other forms which are optically active;
as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
Syn: Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy.
See {Inert}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inactive
adj 1: not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts
of inactive chlorine"
2: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing
slowly [ant: {active}]
3: not active or exerting influence [ant: {active}]
4: of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
[syn: {extinct}] [ant: {active}, {dormant}]
5: of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"
[syn: {dormant}] [ant: {extinct}, {active}]
6: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive
order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain
upon oneself"- George Meredith [syn: {passive}] [ant: {active}]
7: lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine";
"inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" [ant: {active}]
8: not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" (military)
; "an inactive member of the department" [ant: {active}]
9: not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to
live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
[ant: {active}]
10: not engaged in military action [syn: {reserve(a)}]
11: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
[syn: {at rest}, {motionless}, {static}, {still}]
12: temporarily inactive [syn: {abeyant}, {in abeyance(p)}, {suspended}]
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