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Open English Wordnet Adjectives (a) inactive (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
(a) inactive not exerting influence or change
(a) dormant , inactive (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct “a dormant volcano”
(a) passive , inactive lacking in energy or will “Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself” (George Meredith)
(a) inactive lacking activity; lying idle or unused “an inactive mine” ,
“inactive accounts” ,
“inactive machinery”
(a) inactive not engaged in full-time work “inactive reserve” ,
“an inactive member”
(a) inactive not active physically or mentally “illness forced him to live an inactive life” ,
“dreamy and inactive by nature”
(s) inactive (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert “desired amounts of inactive chlorine”