Main entry: inactive
Definition: not active physically or mentally
Usage: illness forced him to live an inactive life; dreamy and inactive by nature
Main entry: inactive
Definition: not engaged in full-time work
Usage: inactive reserve; an inactive member
Main entry: inactive
Definition: lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Usage: an inactive mine; inactive accounts; inactive machinery
Main entry: inactive
Definition: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Definition: lacking in energy or will
Usage: Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself- George Meredith
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
Usage: a dormant volcano
Main entry: inactive
Definition: not exerting influence or change
Main entry: motionless, inactive, static, still
Definition: not in physical motion
Usage: the inertia of an object at rest
Main entry: inactive, nonoperational
Definition: (military) not involved in military operations
Main entry: inactive
Definition: (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
Usage: desired amounts of inactive chlorine