1 not doing anything; not active:
Some animals are inactive during the daytime. * The area has a large, but politically inactive population. * The volcano has been inactive for 50 years.
2 not in use; not working:
an inactive oil well
3 having no effect:
an inactive drug / disease
OPPACTIVE
inactivity noun [U]:
periods of enforced inactivity and boredom * The inactivity of the government was deplorable.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for inactive is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is inactive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, inactive is tagged as adjective.
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