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}]