inactive
- adjective
- /ɪnˈæktɪv/
- The company has marked those employees as inactive who have not worked for over six months.
- active and inactive
- an inactive group
Twitter had announced that early December they were going to start removing inactive accounts.
- Twitter had announced that early December they were going to start removing inactive accounts.
- So he goes on and he says this person becomes inactive in carnal desires.
- Some of them are sure are are, I don't know if they're active or formally or, or or inactive retired CIA people.
- My God, look at this virus, how much it's costing us to keep large numbers, mainly economically inactive numbers, alive.
Examples
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Young people are increasingly overweight and inactive and favor fast foods grown and produced in distant lands.
Academic text (2004) -
But the majority of American citizens are inactive insofar as putting into practice those fine ideals.
Academic text (1992) -
This man became inactive on the website.
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Dad went inactive a few years ago.
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I thought you were on the inactive roster.
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We regret that your file will be placed in the inactive list.
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Twitter had announced that early December they were going to start removing inactive accounts.
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In most of the South Asian countries, they are viewed as economically inactive citizens.
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Now, of those who are economically inactive, fully half say they have depression or anxiety.
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How long have you been inactive in the church, Mr. Shannon?
Synonyms
Not working or being used
Not active now but able to become active later
Not taking part in an activity or situation
Not involved or interested in something and not paying attention
Not busy and able to help with other tasks
Is not working or taking part now
Not taking part in an activity or event
Not taking part in something, for example a meeting or argument
Not taking part in military actions
Antonyms
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inactive comes from in- 'not' plus active 'taking part' (the same act in 'action'). So an inactive member is someone who is 'not taking part' or not involved at the moment.