Inaction(n.) Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
Inactive(a.) Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
Inactive(a.) Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
Inactive(a.) 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.
Inactively(adv.) In an inactive manner.
Inactivity(n.) The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
Inactivity(n.) Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.
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