inaction
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4.9
- noun
- /ɪˈnækʃən/
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inacción
- His inaction during the emergency made others question his leadership.
- government inaction
- cost of inaction
- action and inaction
This can often lead to inaction or the wrong sorts of actions.
- This can often lead to inaction or the wrong sorts of actions.
- It leads to inaction and nothing.
- Well, thumb through and it's the cost of inaction case studies from Rwanda and Angola.
- And it tends to shift the body and brain toward more inaction.
- It's a life that's conscious of our action and our inaction.
- You know, it's kind of just just complete stunned into inaction.
- These are all the people getting screwed by the inaction.
- And because your mind's not right, you're going to dwell and it's going to create inaction.
Examples
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And I understand that my inaction was of equally awful consequence.
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Our inaction is perceived as weakness.
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Waiting and inaction are active decisions.
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His inaction is difficult for me to accept.
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The risk of inaction is extremely high, and every day you live your life, you lose another day of life.
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Critical to this analysis is the idea that action and inaction both involve elements of risk.
Academic text (1993) -
Do not make the assumption that inaction has no price.
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The city's leadership, as well as the federal government, were warned that inaction would lead to more violence.
Academic text (1997) -
No matter what the rationalization to justify looking the other way, inaction always involves elements of risk.
Academic text (1993) -
The consequences of inaction were evident when the project fell behind schedule.
Synonyms
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3.5
A period of time with no movement or action
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6.3
Accepting things without trying to change them
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5.6
A habit of accepting what happens without acting
A period of not doing anything or moving
Not doing anything when you should do something, often making the problem worse
Not taking part in an activity, especially when others do it together
Not taking part in group activities or events
Antonyms
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inaction comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and the word action, so it literally means 'not acting'. That is why inaction means a lack of action or doing nothing when action is needed.