Inactive Definition

ĭn-ăktĭv
adjective
Not active or moving.
Webster's New World
Not inclined to act; idle; dull; sluggish.
Webster's New World
Not in use or force; not functioning.
Webster's New World
Not being in continuous use or operation.
An inactive brokerage account.
American Heritage
Not in active service in the armed forces.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Inactive

Inactive Sentence Examples

  • During the national war he was inactive because he was not needed.

  • Let's chalk it up to an inactive spring.

  • Prince Andrew's regiment was among the reserves which till after one o'clock were stationed inactive behind Semenovsk, under heavy artillery fire.

  • In addition, radium evolves an "emanation" which is an extraordinarily inert gas, recalling the "inactive" gases of the atmosphere.

  • Hydrolysis of the bound GTP to GDP + P i converts the protein to the inactive conformation.

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Words Starting With

IININA

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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inactive

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With I8 Letter Words Ending With E